Publications

“Joanna Baillie’s Impassioned Simulations: ‘To the Reader,’ prefatory to the Third Volume of A Series of Plays [on] the Stronger Passions [1812].” In The Routledge Anthology of Women's Theatre Theory & Dramatic Criticism. Ed. J. Ellen Gainor and Catherine B. Burroughs. London: Routledge. Forthcoming. 

“Exploring Deadly Events Through Performance, Visual Storytelling, and Creative Writing: What Made Maddy Run.” In Arts Integration and Young Adult Literature. Ed. Becki Maldonado. New Jersey: Rowman & Littlefield, 2021.

Review of From Me to We by Jason Griffith, Routledge, 2017. English Journal 107.3 (January 2018), pp. 110-112.

“How to Survive Your Father’s Death.” (Poem.) English Journal. Special issue: Death in the English Classroom. 107.2 (November 2017), p. 18.

“The Loneliness of the Long-Distance Runner: Thematic Comparisons Across Media.” (Co-written with Evan Hallman.) Chapter in Developing Contemporary Literacies through Sports: A Guide for the English Classroom. Eds. Alan Brown and Luke Rodesiler. Urbana, IL: NCTE, 2016, pp. 101-6.

“Founding Sons: Why You Should Know about Hamilton.” The PCTELA Newsletter. Spring 2016.

“Leading Lady of the Patent House: Harriet Siddons in Edinburgh.” International Journal of Scottish Theatre and Screen 8.1 (2015), pp. 54-68.

“Women Theatre Managers.” Chapter in Oxford University Press Handbook to the Georgian Playhouse, 1737-1832. Eds. Julia Swindells and David Taylor. Oxford: Oxford UP. 2014, pp. 568-84.

“How and Why to Teach The History of Women’s Dramatic Writing.” Essay in “Teaching Romantic Drama” special issue of Romantic Circles’ Pedagogy Commons. Ed. Thomas C. Crochunis. 2011.

"Women Writers and Pre- and Post-Realist Dramaturgy: Silence, Speech, and Trauma.” In Teaching British Women Playwrights of the Restoration and Eighteenth Century. Eds. Bonnie Nelson and Catherine Burroughs. New York: Modern Language Association. 2010.

"Teaching Romantic Theatre." In Teaching Romanticism. Eds. Sharon Ruston and David Higgins. London: Palgrave Macmillan. 2010.

“Reworking Conferencing for More Effective Writing Feedback.” Classroom Notes Plus: A Quarterly of Teaching Ideas. April 2009.

“Captain Barclay’s Performance: Decoding Pedestrianism in Early-Nineteenth Century Britain.” In Spheres of Action: Language, Performance, and Ethics in Romantic Culture. Eds. Angela Esterhammer and Alex J. Dick. Toronto: University of Toronto Press. 2009.

“A Personal Pedestrian History.” Proteus, A Journal of Ideas. Special issue on "Sports, Exercise, and Recreation." 2008.

Review of The Mollusc by H. H. Davies, Theatre Production by the Finborough Theatre Company, London. Theatre Journal. Performance Review Editor Judith Sebesta. May 2008.

“Literary Homosociality and the Political Science of the Actor’s Closet.” Special Issue: Papers and Responses from the Third Annual Conference of the North American Victorian Studies Association. Victorian Studies 49.2 (Winter) 2007. 258-67

“Introduction: When Romanticism Met Theater.” Special Issue: Romanticism and Theater. Nineteenth Century Contexts 28.4 (December) 2006. 281-3.

“Visualizing Feminist Theatre Historiography on the Web.” In The Humanities and Visual Media. Ed. Kecia McBride. Knoxville, TN: University of Tennessee Press, 2004.

“Women and Dramatic Writing in the British Romantic Era.” Literature Compass 1 (2004) RO 094, 1-11. [Online]. http://www.literature-compass.com/viewpoint.asp?section=7&ref=424“

“Joanna Baillie’s Ambivalent Dramaturgy.” In Joanna Baillie, Romantic Dramatist: Critical Essays. Ed. Thomas C. Crochunis. London: Routledge, 2004. 168-186.

“Putting Plays (and More) in Cyberspace: An Overview of the British Women Playwrights around 1800 Project.” Co-authored essay (with Michael Eberle-Sinatra) in European Romantic Review. 14.1 (March 2003). Ed. Diane Long Hoeveler. 117-131.

“Writing Gothic Theatrical Spaces.” Gothic Studies 3.2 (2001) A special issue on Gothic Drama and Theatre. Ed. Jeffrey Cox. 156-69.

“Byronic Heroes and Acting: The Embodiment of Mental Theatre.” In Contemporary Studies on Lord Byron. Ed. William D. Brewer. Lewiston, NY: The Edwin Mellen Press, 2001. 73-94.

“Performing the Wild: Rethinking Wilderness and Theatre Spaces.” Co-authored essay (with Adam Sweeting) in Beyond Nature Writing. Ed. Kathleen Wallace and Karla Armbruster. Charlottesville, VA: University of Virginia Press, 2001. 325-40.

Authorial Performances in the Criticism and Theory of Romantic Women Playwrights.” In Women in British Romantic Theatre: Drama, Performance, and Society, 1790-1840. Ed. Catherine B. Burroughs. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2000. 223-54.

“The Function of the Dramatic Closet at the Present Time.” Romanticism on the Net. Special issue, “British Women Playwrights around 1800.” December 1998. [Online]. http://www.ron.umontreal.ca/

Editing

The Palgrave Encyclopedia of Romantic Era Women's Writing. Drama section editor. Forthcoming.

The Routledge Anthology of British Women Playwrights, 1777-1843. Co-editor with Michael Eberle-Sinatra. London: Routledge, 2019.

"Teaching Romantic Drama” special issue of Romantic Circles’ Pedagogy Commons. Ed. Thomas C. Crochunis. 2011.

Romanticism and Victorianism on the Net. Associate Editor. Founding editor for new section of established publication BWP1800@RaVoN. http://www.ron.umontreal.ca/

British Women Playwrights Around 1800. General editor (with Michael Eberle-Sinatra and Terry Robinson) of Web site that has mounted fourteen plays and twenty-four critical essays, introductions, reviews, and responses between 12/98 and 5/12. http://www.etang.umontreal.ca/bwp1800

Joanna Baillie, Romantic Dramatist: Critical Essays. Editor. London: Routledge, 2004.

The Diversity Kit: An Introductory Resource for Social Change in Education. Developmental editor. Providence: LAB at Brown, 2002.

Electronic Collaboration: A Practical Guide for Educators. Developmental and production editor. Providence: LAB at Brown, 1999.

Romanticism on the Net. Guest editor of special issue, “British Women Playwrights around 1800” (December 1998). http://www.ron.umontreal.ca/

Presentations

Organizer and Facilitator: “Mentoring Teachers in Vulnerable Times: A Facilitated Discussion.” PCTELA Conference, October 2022.

Organizer of Roundtable: “The Future is Now—PA.” Fifth annual session featuring teaching candidates from Pennsylvania colleges and universities. PCTELA Conference. Greentree—Pittsburgh, PA. October 2022.

Co-Presenter (with Luke Hershey): “Deadly Actions, Creative Responses.” Workshop Session. AATE Conference, July 2022.

Presenter: “Student Research Project on Sports Journalism and Male Long-Distance Runners: Race and Ethnicity from Tewanima to Kipchoge.” Roundtable “The Intersection of Literacy, Sport, Culture, and Society.” NCTE Conference, November 2021 (virtual).

Presenter: “Teaching (with) Poetry” (with Amber J Pound and Allison Peters). PCTELA Conference. Harrisburg, PA. October 2021.

Organizer of Roundtable: “The Future is Now—PA.” Fourth annual session featuring teaching candidates from Pennsylvania colleges and universities. PCTELA Conference. Harrisburg, PA. October 2021.

Presenter: “Sports Non-Fiction and Creative Responses: Kate Fagan’s What Made Maddy Run.” Roundtable “The Intersection of Literacy, Sport, Culture, and Society.” NCTE Conference, November 2020 (virtual).

Presenter: “Scaffolding Creative Work in the Holocaust Unit.” Professional Development Workshop at Shippensburg Area School District “Unconference Day,” February 2020.

Presenter: “Deadly Actions, Creative Responses.” Roundtable “Coalition on Arts and Literacy.” NCTE Conference. Baltimore, MD. November 2019.

Organizer of Roundtable: “The Future is Now—PA.” Third annual session featuring teaching candidates from Pennsylvania colleges and universities. PCTELA Conference. State College, PA. October 2019.

Organizer and facilitator: “Creative Writing is Essential for English Teaching Candidates.” (Presenters included Heather Ritter SU ’18, Amber Pound SU ’18, and Chris Carragher SU ’19.) PCTELA Conference. Harrisburg, PA. October 2018. 

Organizer of Roundtable: “The Future is Now—PA.” Second annual session featuring teaching candidates from Pennsylvania colleges and universities. PCTELA Conference. Harrisburg, PA. October 2018. 

Presenter: “Envisioning Native American Distance Runners: Collaborating to Examine Media and Genres.” Panel “Sports Culture as a Site of Inquiry and Research in the ELA Classroom.” NCTE Conference. St. Louis, MO. November 2017.

Presenter: “Are Long Distance Runners Lonely? Rethinking Less Social Sports.” Roundtable Session “The Intersection of Literacy, Sport, Culture, and Society.” NCTE Conference. St. Louis, MO. November 2017.

Presenter (with Heather Ritter): "Sherman Alexie and Pennsylvania Young Adult Readers; Why Junior is the Right Writer for Our Times.” PCTELA Conference. Greentree—Pittsburgh, PA. October 2017. 

Organizer of Roundtable: “The Future is Now—PA.” Inaugural session featuring teaching candidates from Pennsylvania colleges and universities. PCTELA Conference. Greentree—Pittsburgh, PA. October 2017. 

Presenter: “Theory Interference: How Does Performance Alter Assumptions?” Colleges of English Education Conference. Ohio State University, Columbus, OH. June 2017.

Presenter: "Igniting a Passion for Professional Development among Prospective English Teachers." Colleges of English Education Conference. Ohio State University, Columbus, OH. June 2017.

Presenter: “Stranger than Fiction? Engaging with the Occasionally Troubled Stories of Female Distance Runners.” Roundtable Session “The Intersection of Literacy, Sport, Culture, and Society.” NCTE Conference. Atlanta, GA. November 2016.

Organizer, presenter, and facilitator: “Early and Often: Renewing Teacher Identity through Writing" that included Anne Elrod Whitney (Penn State) and Jennie K. Brown (Annville-Cleona High School). PCTELA Conference. State College, PA. October 2016. 

Organizer and facilitator: Roundtable Session “Teaching, Writing, and Identity: Extending the Conversation.” PCTELA Conference. State College, PA. October 2016. 

Introduction and Talk-Back Facilitator: Showing of “I Am Eleven.” Global Awareness and Wellness Committee. Shippensburg University. October 2016. 

Presenter: “The Loneliness of the Long-Distance Runner: Thematic Comparisons Across Media.” Roundtable Session: “The Intersection of Literacy, Sport, Culture, and Society.” NCTE Conference. Minneapolis, MN. November 2015. 

Organizer and facilitator: “PCEE Open Forum on Field Partnerships.” PCTELA Conference. Harrisburg, PA. October 2015. 

Presenter: “Performance Activities and Literacy: Powerful Ways to Star Small.” PCTELA Conference. Harrisburg, PA. October 2015. 

Organizer and Presenter: “Transnational Lives in Contemporary Plays” at session “Expanding Horizons through International Stories.” NCTE Conference. National Harbor, MD, November 2014.

“Harriet Siddons’ Management in Edinburgh.” World Congress of Scottish Literature. Glasgow, Scotland. July 2014.

Presenter: “Beyond Solo Pedestrian Reading: Group Inquiry and the Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner.” Roundtable Session: “The Intersection of Literacy, Sport, Culture, and Society.” NCTE Conference. Boston, MA. November 2013.

Presenter: “(Re)Inventing Professional Development for Pre-Service Teachers: The Importance of Student Affiliates and Their Relationship to State Affiliates as Well as the NCTE.” NCTE Conference. Boston, MA. November 2013.

Respondent: “The Future Is Now: Exploring 21st Century Teaching Ideas with the Next Generation of English Teachers.” NCTE Conference. Boston, MA. November 2013.

Organizer and presenter: “What We Talk about When We Talk about the Common Core.” PCTELA Conference. State College, PA. October 2013.

“Inheriting the National Stage: Harriet Siddons in Edinburgh, 1811-1815.” Grant-funded workshop “1811-1815 Revisited: Four Years in and around Leigh Hunt and Robert Southey.” Montréal, Canada. September 2013.

“Performing Family Legends, the National Drama, and Management: Harriet Siddons in Edinburgh.” North American Society for the Study of Romanticism. Boston, Massachusetts. August 2013.

Organizer and presenter: “Connecting Through Student Affiliates to Ignite Campus Interest in Literature And Literacy.” NCTE Conference. Las Vegas, NV. November 2012.

Organizer and presenter: “Literacy Sponsorship Profiles: Encountering Students’ Changing Literacies.” PCTELA Conference. Lancaster, PA. October 2012.

Organizer and presenter (with William Cowden and Joseph Shane): “Assessment in the Wild: Evaluating Field-Based Practice in Ways that Enhance Student Learning.” Inaugural Conference on Emerging and Innovative Teaching, Learning, and Assessment Practices to Ensure Student Success. Shippensburg, PA, October 2012.

“Ex-Centric Performances: Women Entrepreneurs and the Authorship of Theatre Institutions.” International Conference on Romanticism conference. Montréal, Canada. November 2011.

Organizer and presenter: "Building Community through Performance: Varieties of Performance-Based Teaching." PCTELA Conference. Cranberry Township, PA. October 2011

Organizer and presenter: “What Does It Take for Early-Career Teachers to Write?” at session “Keeping Writing Alive as a Beginning Teacher.” NCTE Conference. Orlando, FL, November 2010.

Organizer and presenter: “Literacy Sponsorship Profiles: Encountering Students’ Changing Literacies.” PCTELA Conference. State College, PA, October 2010.

“Field Work is Not a Course Release: Why and How We Need to Evaluate Supervision of Student Teachers.” APSCUF/PSEA Conference. Harrisburg, PA, October 2010.

“To Kill a Mockingbird in the Secondary School Classroom.” 50th Anniversary Celebration of To Kill a Mockingbird. Shippensburg, PA. October 2010.

“Women Englishing the German Stage: Inchbald and Plumptre’s Translations of Kotzebue's Das Kind der Liebe.” Shippensburg University Modern Language Conference: Margins, Paths, and Spaces. Shippensburg, PA. April 2010.

Organizer and presenter, “Teaching Multi-Cultural Literature.” Shippensburg University Modern Language Conference: Margins, Paths, and Spaces. Shippensburg, PA. April 2010.

“Joanna Baillie’s Witchcraft: From Hypermedia Documentation to Classroom Use.” Presentation to the “Technologies, Media, and Representations in Nineteenth-Century Britain and France” research group and the Fonds québecois de recherché sur la société et culture (FQRSC) “Hypertext and Performance” grant project. Concordia University, Montreal, Quebec, December 2009.

Organizer of and presenter at classroom demonstration session, “Using Performance Activities and Graphic Texts to Stimulate Student Reading and Writing: Applying Cultural-Historical Activity Theory to Develop Literacy Practices.” NCTE Conference. Philadelphia, PA, November 2009.

Organizer and panel chair, “Teacher Education across the PASSHE System.” EAPSU Conference. Shippensburg, PA, October 2009.

“Working the Field: How We Misunderstand Supervision of Student Teachers.” APSCUF-PSEA Conference on Academic Labor. Harrisburg, PA, October 2009.

“What are Teachers’ Roles and Responsibilities in Assuring That Our Students are Prepared?” Presentation at Pennsylvania School Board Association “Symposium on Education Issues for School Board Members.” Gettysburg, PA, July 2009

“Performing Young Adult Literature: How to Coach Performance Projects That Engage Readers.” PCTELA Conference. Lancaster, October 2008.

"The Scholarly Subject of Performance." Plenary address at Second Workshop of the “Technologies, Media, and Representations in Nineteenth-Century Britain and France” Research Group. Université de Montréal, Canada, September 2008.

“There’s performance in my play text; drama, hypermedia, and user engagement with digital texts.” Paper delivered at "Romantic Diversity: 16th Annual North American Society for the Study of Romanticism Conference. University of Toronto, Canada, August 2008.

Organizer of pre-conference theatre history workshop focusing on the history of British provincial theatre from 1789-1832. Held in conjunction with 2007 BARS/NASSR Conference, “Emancipation, Liberation, Freedom.” Bristol, UK, July 2007.

“Women Playwrights and Dramatic Spaces: Locating Historical Tragedy’s Venues and Politics,” BARS/NASSR Conference, “Emancipation, Liberation, Freedom.” Bristol, UK, July 2007.

Presenter on panel, "Action Research and the Compleat Teacher Educator," NCTE Annual Convention, Nashville, Tennesee, November 2006.

"Homosociality and the Political Science of Acting," NASSR conference, “Scientia and Techne.” Lafayette, Indiana, September 2006.

“Pedestrianism as Performance; or How Qualitative Inquiry Makes Sense of Captain Barclay's Quantitative Feats.” Romantic Literature and Culture seminar, The Humanities Center at Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, April 2005

“Evaluating Professional Learning Experiences in Education: Testing Theory, Informing Practice.” American Evaluation Association, Atlanta, GA, November, 2004.

Co-organizer and facilitator of  “Drama and Theatre History, 1770-1840: The Import of Romantic Drama,” a working-group conference held in conjunction with North American Society for the Study of Romanticism (NASSR) conference, “Romantic Cosmopolitanism.” Boulder, Colorado, September 2004.

Moderator: Post-Reading Panel on Elizabeth Inchbald’s The Massacre, NASSR conference, “Romantic Cosmopolitanism.” Boulder, Colorado, September 2004.

Workshop Leader, “Elizabeth Inchbald’s The Massacre,” NASSR conference, “Romantic Cosmopolitanism.” Boulder, Colorado, September 2004.