BA, Brigham Young University, 1981; MA (1983), PhD (1989), Princeton University
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)