An Iowa College in the Liberal Arts Tradition
- Ph.D., English, Designated Emphasis: Critical Theory, University of California, Davis, 2005-2011
Dissertation: "The Hour of the Machine"
- M.A., English, Western Washington University, 2003-2005
Thesis: “Moving Mountains: Han Shan’s Poetic Body Crossing Oceans, Lands, and Time”
- B.A., English, St. Olaf College, 1992-1996
Phi Beta Kappa