| Present | working on dissertation, "Konrad von Würzburg's Use of Metaphorical Language in His Depictions of Battle" |
| 1991 | M.A. in German, Vanderbilt University (Thesis: "The Basel Dramas of Sixt Birck") |
| Summer 1990 | Deutsche Sommerschule in Taos, New Mexico |
| 1986 | B.A. in German, University of Georgia |
| 1981 | HS Diploma, Marietta High School, Marietta, GA |
| 1993-1994 | Graduate Work at Georg-August Universität, Göttingen, Germany |
| Summer 1985 | Summer Abroad, University Systems of Georgia Exchange; Erlangen, Germany |
| Research Assistant | University of Illinois, 1996-1998 |
| Teaching Assistant | University of Illinois Introductory German: 1993, 1995, 1997 Intermediate German: 1991, 1992, 1995-1996 Graduate Reading Course: 1997-1998 |
| Instructor | All German courses offered through Guided Individual Study at the Univesity of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1995-1998. Developed second-semester German course and revised third- and fourth-semester German courses offered through guided Individual Study at the University of Illinois. |
| Tutor | Extensive experience tuotirng international students in both American English and German, 1994-1998 |
| Teaching Assistant | Vanderbilt University Introductory German: 1988-1991 |
| Peer Evaluator of Teaching Assistants | Vanderbilt University |
Selected for "Incomplete List of Teachers Ranked Excellent," University of Illinois.
University of Illinois Conference Travel Grant, 1997.
Scott Frey Travel Grant, Univeristy of Illinois, 1993.
Graduate Student Exchange, Univeristy of Illinois/Georg-August Universität; Göttingen, Germany; 1993.
Willcox Award, Outstanding Undergraduate Enrolled in Department of German, University of Georgia, 1985.
"A Consideratio of Style in the Battle Depictions of Konrad von Würzburg," International Congress on Medieval Studies; Kalamazoo, Michigan; May 1998.
"The Depiction of Combat and Battle in Konrad von Würzburg's Trojanerkrieg and Turnier von Nantes," International Congress on Medieval Studies; Kalamazoo, Michigan; May 1997.
"Admonition and Retribution: Exodus, the Odyssey and Hrafnkels saga," Society for the Advancement of Scandinavian Study Conference; Urbana, Illinois; May 1997.
"Wie daz korn gelige, daz der hagel hât gebert': The Realitites of Thirteenth-Century Warfare as Depicted in Konrad's Trojanerkrieg," Deutsches Seminar, forum for Graduate Student Scholarship in German, Department of Germanic Languages and Literatures: Urbana, Illinois; October 1996.
Director of the Old Norse/Icelandic Saga Group (Old Norse/Icelandic sagas reading group, University of Illinois), 1996-1997.
Golden Key National Honrary Society
Delti Phi Alpha
The Medieval Academy of America
The Society for the Advancement of Scandinavian Study
The Modern Language Association of America
English: native speaker
German: near-native fluency speaking, reading, and writing
Dutch: near-native fluency reading, good speaking and writing
Swedish: near-native fluency reading, good speaking and writing
Latin
Middle-High German
Old Norse/Icelandic
Gothic