I am currently an associate professor in the Dept. of Modern Languages and Intercultural Studies at Western Kentucky University. During my years at Western, I have taught a wide range of classes, including all levels of language, a second-semester course for Health Science students, the Spanish literature survey, contemporary Spanish literature, Spanish culture and civilization, and texts of the Spanish Civil War.

My research interests include contemporary narrative by Catalan women and the relations between autobiography and fiction in the writing of peninsular authors, as well as collaborative work on language learning and the study abroad experience, and the incorporation of technology into the foreign language curriculum.

I am big supporter of study abroad and have served as the director of the Kentucky Institute for International Studies summer program in Spain for many years.