BA Brigham Young University 1981; MA, PhD Princeton University 1983, 1989
Turn-of-the-century German literature, 20th century German literature, literary theory and criticism, German cinema, German language
Thomas Mann's novels, narrative theory, German cinema, American-German intellectual ties
Gods, Angels, and Narrators (Peter Lang, 1994); "Righting History" (Heine Jahrbuch, 1994); co-translation and annotation: Nietzsche, Geneology of Morality (Hackett, 1998)