(2004) The Dangerous Lover and the Erotics of Failure: Nineteenth-century Byronism and the Contemporary Romance PhD, City University of New York

(2006) 'Beauty and the Beast' Themes in Romance Novels Master of Science in Library Science, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

(1992) Social Change and Romantic Ideology: The Impact of the Publishing Industry, Family Organization, and Gender Roles on the Reception and Interpretation of Romance Fiction in Taiwan, 1960-1990 PhD, University of Pennsylvania

(2012) A Study on the Cultural Variations in the Verbalisation of Near-Universal Emotions: Translating Emotions from British English into Greek in Popular Bestseller Romances PhD, University of Surrey

(2010) Truth through the medium of cheerfulness: Romance novels as points of resistance Master of Arts, Kutztown University of Pennsylvania

(1994) Writing the Romance: Cultural Studies, Community, and the Teaching of Writing PhD, University of Texas at Austin