• English
• English Graduate Programs
• Department of English
• Women's and Gender Studies

• PHD, University of Iowa (1992)
• MA, University of Iowa (1990)
• BA, Lake Forest College (1984)

• Intersectional Feminist Studies
• Film & Media Studies
• Holocaust Studies
• Jewish American Studies

Also English Department Director of Online Operations, which includes managing our online degree (BA and BS in English), our department website, and our social media.

My pronouns are she/her/hers.

Recent Books

What Price Hollywood?: Gender and Sex in the Films of George Cukor and Liminal Noir in Classical World Cinema, both now out in paperback.

Work in Progress

International Holocaust Cinema, an edited collection

Dr H publishes research in classic Hollywood studies (including gender and race representation and film noir style) and in Jewish and Holocaust representation (in literature and film).

She is currently editing a scholarly collection on International Holocaust Cinema with Dr. Ashley Valanzola (formerly of MTSU). 

Recent Offerings:

ENGL 2020: Holocaust Survivor Literature (online)

ENGL 2020: Women Immigrants and the American Dream (online)

ENGL 3850: Literature and Film

ENGL 3885: Topics in Gender and Film

ENGL 4780: Topics in War and Culture: The Holocaust

ENGL 4860: Special Topics in Film: Film Noir

ENGL 6611/7711: Special Topics: Holocaust Literature

WGST 3400: Multicultural Women's Voices (online)