Research

My primary research interests lie in the intersecting fields of literature, theology, and popular culture.

Research Interests:

  • The writing and visual art of contemporary Canadian author/artist, Douglas Coupland

  • Literature, film, television and spiritual formation

  • The prophetic impulse in African American literature

  • Post-secular film and fiction

  • Empathy and the narrative arts

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New Book Available for Preorder
New Book Available for Preorder
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Douglas Coupland Conference

With Drs. Andrew Tate and Diletta De Cristofaro, I’m organizing an online conference on 23-24 April 2021 on Canadian writer and visual artist Douglas Coupland.

“New Irony & Old Sincerity: How the Metamodern and the Post-secular Meet in Indie Rock.”
“New Irony & Old Sincerity: How the Metamodern and the Post-secular Meet in Indie Rock.”

Coming April 26, 2021. Included in Isn’t It Ironic: Receivership and Responsibility in Popular Culture, edited by Ian Kinane and Elizabeth Parker, London: Routledge, 2021.

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Isolated Little Cool Moments

I gave a presentation as part of a cluster of essays celebrating the 2021 30-year anniversary of the publication of Generation X.

“Thirty Years of Generation X” Academic Publishing Cluster
“Thirty Years of Generation X” Academic Publishing Cluster
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An Invisible Crisis

I gave a presentation titled “An Invisible Crisis: Jordan Peele’s Exploration of Racialized Trauma” for the British Association for Contemporary Literary Study’s Summer 2020 virtual conference.