HIGHLIGHTS
Education
Ph.D. English, UCLA; M.A. English UCLA; B.A. English, UCDavis
Selected Fellowships and Awards
- Dean's Research Grant, Reed College, Summers 1996-2006
- Stillman Drake Grant, Reed College, School Years 2003-06
- Murdock Grant, Reed College. Summer 2004
- Gold Plaque for Best Educational/Documentary Series. American
Passages: A Literary Series. 39th Chicago International Television
Awards (“Hugo Awards”). I am the Academic Director for this
series.
- Lankford Grant, Reed College. Yiddishkeit: A Digital Archive of Jewish
American Literature & Culture. Summer 2003
- National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Fellowship for “Islands
of Conversion: A Cultural Edition of Experience Mayhew's Indian Converts,”
Fall 2002-Spring 2003
- Ruby Grant, Reed College Summer 2001
- Paid Leave Award, Reed College, Spring Semester 1999
- Fulbright Grant, University of Panama, Fall 1998
- Culpeper Grant for Using Technology in the Classroom, 1997-98
- Warren Craig and Erile Thompson Dissertation Fellowship, UCLA. 1994-95
- American Literature and Cultures Award, UCLA. 1994
- Phi Beta Kappa
Organizational Memberships. 2007-08
Society of Early Americanists
American Studies
Association (& Pacific Northwest American
Studies Association)
Jewish Studies Association (& Western
Jewish Studies Association)
New England Historic Genealogical
Society
Association for Gravestone Studies
The Institute for Marrano-Anusim Studies
Personal Information--Links for the Curious:
Who Is My (Not So) Evil Twin?
Who is my unTwin? Mari's Blog
Jake's Blog
Nature or Nurture?
Rudi Berkelhamer, Lynne Houck,
Albert
Bennett, Steve Arnold
Jewish Life
at Reed College
