College of Arts and Sciences

Education:

• PhD, English: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1976
• MA, English, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1971
• BA, English, MacMurray College, 1968

Research Interests:

• Modern British Fiction
• The Novel
• Textual Studies

Bio:

I came to Drexel in 1978, after teaching for three years at Texas Tech University. In addition to my classroom work, I have served Drexel as Chair of the Faculty Senate, Head of the Department of English & Philosophy, and as an Associate Dean in the College of Arts & Sciences. I was given the Harold J. Meyers Award for Outstanding Service to the University. My research interests include Joseph Conrad, the Modern novel and textual studies. In my spare time I am an enthusiastic amateur flutist.

Selected Publications:

• “Conrad in Context: ‘Heart of Darkness’ and ‘The Man who would be King.’” Conradiana, Vol. 42, No 1-2, 2011.
• Assistant Editor. ’Twixt Land and Sea, by Joseph Conrad Eds. J. A. Berthoud, Laura L. Davis, S. W. Reid; Assistant Ed., Raymond T. Brebach. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, 2008. [Series: The Cambridge Edition of the Works of Joseph Conrad.]