- PhD, University of Pennsylvania, 2010
- MA, University of Pennsylvania, 2003
- BA(Hons), University of Cambridge, 2001
20th Century British Fiction; Modernism.
The Novel; Intellectual History; Historiography.
"Historical Turns in Twentieth Century Fiction." The Blackwell Companion to British Literature Vol.4. ed., HeesokChang, Robert deMaria Jr. and Samantha Zacher (Blackwell, forthcoming 2012)
"Milton's Art of Logic and the Force of Conviction." Milton Studies 45 (2005)
Instructor - Pre-freshman Program and Critical Writing Program, University of Pennsylvania
- Hearst Fellowship - Faculty Research Council (Colgate University), 2012
- Teaching Fellowship - Critical Writing Program (University of Pennsylvania), 2009
- London Fellowship (King's College and University of Pennsylvania), 2007
- Mellon Fellowship (University of Pennsylvania), 2004
- Thouron Award (University of Pennsylvania), 2002
- Kurt Hahn Trust Award for Study in Germany (University of Cambridge), 2001