(1986) 'Reine ou esclave .... ': conflicting images of women in the contemporary 'romantic novel' in France PhD, University of London, Birkbeck

(1990) Women's Reading of Popular Romantic Fiction: A Case Study in the Mass Media: A Key to the Ideology of Women PhD, University of Liverpool

(1995) The Mills and Boon memsahibs: women's romantic Indian fiction 1877-1947 PhD, University of Lancaster

(2015) In search of feminist romance in Australian 'Chick Lit' PhD, Murdoch University

(2009) Le roman sentimental. Productions contemporaines et pratiques de lecture PhD, Université Libre de Bruxelles

(1991) Romancing the tome: the novels of Georgette Heyer MA thesis, University of Melbourne