"Robert Greene." Encyclopedia of British Humorists. Ed. Steven Gale. 2 vols. New York: Garland. 1996. 1: 485-491.
"Thomas Nashe." Encyclopedia of British Humorists. Ed. Steven Gale. 2 vols. New York: Garland. 1996. 2: 781-786.
"George Peele." Encyclopedia of British Humorists. Ed. Steven Gale. 2 vols. New York: Garland. 1996. 2: 841-844.
"Willy Russell." Encyclopedia of British Humorists. Ed.Steven H. Gale. 2 vols. New York: Garland. 1996. 2: 912-917.
"All's Well That Ends Well as Noncomic Comedy." Acting Funny: Comic Theory and Practice in Shakespeare's Plays. Ed. Frances N. Teague. Rutherford, NJ: Fairleigh Dickinson UP. 1994.
"'Is not a comonty a tumbling trick'?: or Why All's Well is a Comedy But Not Comic." Acting Funny: A Coursebook on Renaissance Comic Theory and Practice. Ed. Frances Teague. Athens GA: Kinko's Professor Publishing, 1990.
"Shakespeare's Comedic Heroines: Proto-Feminists or Conformers to Patriarchy?" Shakespeare Bulletin 4 (1986) 23-25.
"Audience within Audience in The Old Wives Tale." Renaissance Papers 1983 (1984) 53-61.
"Forward and Backward: Two Modes of Controlling Audience Expectation." Legacy of Thespis: Drama Past and Present. Ed. K. V. Hartigan. VI. Lanham: UP of America. 1984. 13-21.
"All's Well That Ends Well, Sex-Role Marking, and the Dialectic of Logical Types" (with Stephen Fjellman and Hugh Gladwin [Free senior author]). Occasional Papers in Women's Studies, Women's Studies Center, Florida International University. 1984.
"In which: More Common than Curious." American Speech 57 (1982) 309-310.
"Competency Testing: Its Effects on Instruction and Style." Teaching English in the Two-Year College 7 (1981) 179-182.
"On the Function of the Two Waiters in Anouilh's Eurydice." Notes on Contemporary Literature 2 (1972) 13-15.
Fearful Symmetry: Doubles and Doubling in Literature and Film. Ed. Eugene J. Crook. Tallahassee: University Presses of Florida, 1981. A History of Narrative Film. David A. Cook. New York: Norton, 1981. In South Atlantic Review 50:4 (1985) 133-135.
Wooing, Wedding and Power: Women In Shakespeare's Plays. Irene G. Dash. New York: Columbia, 1981. In Shakespeare Studies XIV (1983) 340-343.
"Teaching Renaissance Drama," (workshop/seminar) Shakespeare Association of America, Minneapolis MN, 21-24 March 2002
(Confinement and Exposure in Thomas Heywood(s A Woman Killed with Kindness,( SAMLA, Atlanta, GA, 9-11 November 2001*
(Confinement and Exposure in Thomas Heywood(s A Woman Killed with Kindness,( Rocky Mountain Medieval and Renaissance Association Conference, Fort Collins, CO, 24-26 May 2001 (submitted for the Delno West Award for best paper by a senior scholar)*
"Shakespeare and/on Film," (two-day workshop/seminar) Shakespeare Association of America, Montreal, Canada, 6-9 April 2000
"Hortensio's Role in Closing The Taming of the Shrew's Induction," Southeastern Renaissance Conference, Savannah College of Art and Design, Savannah GA, 8-10 April 1999
"Trippingly upon the Toes: A Physical Approach to Teaching Iambic Pentameter," (participant and disscussant in workshop) Shakespeare Association of America, San Francisco CA, 31 March-3 April 1999
" 'There are more things in heaven and earth, [Hortensio], / Than are dreamt of in your philosophy': Open Closure in The Taming of the Shrew," Rocky Mountain Medieval and Renaissance Association Conference, Banff, Canada, 15-18 May 1997
"Towards Performance in the Literature Classroom," (participant and discussant--two day seminar) Shakespeare Association of America, Chicago IL, March 1995
"Sensing Shakespeare's Language: A Performance Approach to Meaning" (participant and discussant--two day seminar), Shakespeare Association of America, Atlanta GA, April 1993
" 'Is not a comonty. . .a tumbling-trick?': or Why All's Well Is Comedy but Not Comic," Shakespeare Association of America, Philadelphia PA, April 1990
"Mothers and Mothering in Shakespearian Comedy: The Case of All's Well That Ends Well," New Languages for the Stage, The University of Kansas, Lawrence KA, October 1988
"Lear, Ran, and the Other Way" (with Hugh Gladwin; Free second author), The Sixth Women's Studies Colloquium, Florida International University, Miami FL, March l988
"The Trouble with Helena: All's Well That Ends Well and Renaissance Conduct Guides," Rocky Mountain MLA, Denver CO, October 1986
"Oath-making and Oath-Breaking in Shakespearean Comedy," Comparative Drama Conference X, The University of Florida, Gainesville FL, March 1986
"Sex-role Marking and Cultural Hegemony in Willy Russell's Educating Rita, Conference on Literature and Film, Florida State University, Tallahassee FL, January 1986
"Gender: Feminist Criticism and All's Well That Ends Well," Renaissance Discussion Circle, South Atlantic MLA, Atlanta GA, November l985
"Shakespeare's Comedic Heroines: Proto-feminists or Conformers to Patriarchy?" Comparative Drama Conference IX, The University of Florida, Gainesville FL, March 1985
"From Fifteenth to Twentieth Century Feminist Theory: Have We Come So Very Far?" Women's Studies Colloquium, Florida International University, Miami FL, February 1985
"Cultural Identity in Educating Rita," English Lecture Series, Florida International University, Miami FL, February 1985
"Learning to Play the Game: The Case of Willy Russell's Educating Rita (with Hugh Gladwin [Free senior author]), South Atlantic MLA, Atlanta GA, November 1984
"Winning, Losing: The Price of Education in Educating Rita," The Program on Women, Northwestern University, Evanston IL, July 1984 (invited paper)
"All's Well That Ends Well, Sex-Role Marking, and the Dialectic of Logical Types (with Stephen Fjellman and Hugh Gladwin [Free senior author]), Women's Studies Colloquium, Florida International University, Miami FL, April 1984
"Shakespeare's Helena and the Politics of Sex and Criticism," Comparative Drama Conference VIII, The University of Florida, Gainesville FL, March 1984
"Audience within Audience in The Old Wives Tale," Southeastern Renaissance Conference, University of Virginia, Charlottesville VA, March 1983
"Forward and Backward: Two Modes of Controlling Audience Expectation," Comparative Drama Conference VII, The University of Florida, Gainesville FL, March 1983
"Rural and Urban Festivals" (co-author with Frances Teague), Theater History Seminar, International Shakespeare Association Congress, Stratford-upon-Avon, England, August 1981
"Methods of Topic Analysis," University System of Georgia Special Studies Faculty Conference, Jeykell Island GA, November l980
"Competency Testing: Its Effects on Instruction and Style," South Atlantic MLA, Atlanta GA, November 1980
* same paper read at two different venues
Presided, First Session, Southeastern Renaissance Conference, Raleigh NC, 4-5 April 2002 (at the invitiation of Conference President John N. Wall, North Carolina State University)
President, Southeastern Renaissance Conference, 2000-2001
Advisory Committee, Southeastern Renaissance Conference, 1998-2003
Vice President, Southeastern Renaissance Conference, 1999-2000
English in London, Department of English Studies Abroad Program, July-August 1997
Presided, Third Session, Southeastern Renaissance Conference, Knoxville TN, March 1997 (at the invitation of Conference President Gerald Snare, Tulane University)
Presided, First Session, Southeastern Renaissance Conference, Charlottesville VA, March 1995 (at the invitation of Conference President Pamela Royston Macfie, The University of the South)
Presided, Second Session, Southeastern Renaissance Conference, Atlanta GA, March 1993 (at the invitation of Conference President Joseph A. Porter, Duke University)
University of Cambridge (England) International Summer School, July-August 1990
Presided, First Session, Southeastern Renaissance Conference, Chapel Hill NC, April 1990 (at the invitation of Conference President Robert Halli, University of Alabama)
Member, Nominating Committee, Southeastern Renaissance Conference, Lexington KY, April 1989 (at the invitation of Conference Vice-president Robert Halli, University of Alabama)
Chair, Resolutions Committee, Southeastern Renaissance Conference, Durham NC, April 1988 (at the invitation of Conference President M. Thomas Hester, North Carolina State University)
Chair, "The Moral Value of Money in Medieval and Renaissance Literature," The Fifth Citadel Conference on Literature, The Citadel, Charleston SC, March 1985
Panelist, NEH Summer Seminar Summary, Women's Studies Center, Florida International University, Miami FL, September l984
Fellow, The Honors College, Florida International University, 2002-2005
Matriculation Merit Award, 2001
Educational Leadership Enhancement Grant, Florida International University, March 1994-December 1995
Teaching Incentive Program Award, Spring 1994
State University System Studies Abroad Program, London (England) Campus, Spring 1994
Category 1 Mini-grant, College of Arts and Sciences, Florida International University, 1991
Outstanding Achievement and Performance Award, Florida International University, 1990
Computers for Research Program, Florida International University, 1985
NEH Summer Seminar 1984, Women in Early Modern Europe, Director: Professor E. William Monter, Department of History, Northwestern University, Evanston IL
Editor, Florida International University 1998-2000 Self-Study for Reaffirmation of Accreditation by the Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, 1998-2000
Communications Committee, Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Reaccreditation, 1998-2000
Ad Hoc Member, Steering and Coordinating Committees, Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Reaccreditation, 1999-2000
Advisory Committee to the Associate Dean of Arts and Sciences, Biscayne Bay Campus, 1992-2002
Faculty Senate, Alternate, 1995-1996
Co-Chair, Honors Committee, North Campus 1995
Acting Associate Dean, College of Arts and Sciences--North Miami, Summer 1992, 1993, 1994
Co-Chair, College of Arts and Sciences Committee on the Mission and Role of the College on the North Miami Campus, 1992-1993
Chair, Committee to Establish an Evaluation Instrument for the Associate Dean--North Campus, 1998
Faculty Secretary, College of Arts and Sciences, 1990-91
Communications Review Board for Commission of Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Reaffirmation of Accreditation, 1988-1990
Ad Hoc Committee on Format for the Reaccreditation Report, Excellence and Diversity, 1989
Honors Program Steering Committee, 1987
Faculty Senator, Arts and Sciences, North Miami Campus, 1983-1985, 1985-1987
Chairperson, North Miami Standing Committee of the Faculty Senate, 1986-1987
Committee to Revise the NMC Policy and Procedures Manual, 1986-1988
University Academic Conduct Review Board, 1985-1986
Lower Division Advisor, 1983-1985
Campus Awareness Committee, Bay Vista Campus, 1982-1984
Associate Chair for Biscayne Bay Campus, 1987-present
Head Advisor, Biscayne Bay Campus, 1987-present; Major Advisor, 1982-1987
Chair, Search and Screen Committee, Composition Instructor, Biscayne Bay Campus, 2001
M.A. in English Graduate Committee 2000-present
Chair, Personnel Committee, 1999-2000
Chair, Search and Screen Committee, Director of Composition(North Campus, 1999-2000
Curriculum Committee, 1999-2002
Search and Screen Committee, African-American/New World position, 1998-1999
Rational Salary Committee, 1996-97
Salary Committee, 1985-86, 1987-88, 1994-95, 1996-97, 1997-98
Teaching Incentive Program award committee, Fall 1994
Chair, Search and Screen Committee for American Literature--NC--Fall 1993
Committee member for revising ENC 1102 into a literature-based course, 1992-93
Departmental representative at Annual Awards Ceremony-NC, 1985-present
Core Curriculum Task Force, Fall 1992
Chair, Personnel Committee, 1992-1993
Personnel Committee, 1990-1992
Thesis Committee Member, eleven M.F.A. theses, one M.A. thesis
Chair, Hiring Committee, 1990-1991
Chair, Search and Screen Committee for Early British, 1990-1991
Academic Advisor for Sigma Tau Delta--NC, 1990-present
Search and Screen Committee, Senior Position, 1990-1991
Co-sponsor (with Gisela Casines) for establishing a Sigma Tau Delta (English honorary society) chapter at FIU, 1990
Committee member, revision of English major requirements, 1989-1990
Committee member, Departmental Lower Division Study, 1989-1990
Chair, Search and Screen Committee for American Literature, 1988-1989
Author of the unit focus report for the English Department at North Miami for the self-study, 1990
Chair, Search and Screen Committee for American Literature, 1987-88
Search Committee Member for Creative Writing, 1986-1987
Search Committee Member for Creative Writing, 1983-1984
Ad Hoc Committee on Goals and Aspirations, 1984
Judge, Golden Drum Award and Scholarship Program, March 1988
Invited Speaker, All's Well That Ends Well, Florida Shakespeare Festival Lecture Series, Coral Gables Public Library, 1986
Invited Panelist, (Is There a Nuclear Future for Man? Nuclear Policy for the 1980's,( Florida International University, March 1984
Shakespeare: Text and Context (graduate)*
Shakespeare(s Rivals (graduate)*
Shakespeare: Comedies (graduate and undergraduate)*
Shakespeare: Tragedies (graduate and undergraduate)*
Shakespeare: Histories (graduate and undergraduate)*
Medieval Drama (graduate and undergraduate)*
Renaissance Drama*
Renaissance Prose and Poetry*
Introduction to Shakespeare
Survey of British Literature I*
Major American Authors: Poe, Hawthorne, Melville
Contemporary American Short Story
Women in Literature: Women in the Renaissance*
Independent Study (graduate and undergraduate)*
Approaches to Literature*
Grammatical Usage*
Article and Essay Writing
Elements of Writing*
Techniques of Interpretation*
Review of Written English*
Composition Practicum*
English Composition*
Masterpieces of English Literature to 1700*
(*multiple sections)
Shakespeare Association of America (SAA) 1990-present
South Atlantic Modern Language Association (SAMLA) 1973-present
Southeastern Renaissance Conference (SRC) 1980-present
Rocky Mountain Medieval and Renaissance Association (RMMRA) 1997-present