(2004) Transforming the fairytale: a diachronic study of utopias of popular romance MA thesis, University of North Dakota

(2007) Consuming Desires: A Feminist Analysis of Bestselling Teen Romance Novels PhD, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

(1988) Adventure and Virtue: Alternating Emphasis in the Popular Romance Tradition Master of Arts, University of Texas at Arlington

(1980) Women and Romantic Fiction: A Case Study of Harlequin Enterprises, Romances, and Readers PhD, McMaster University

(1994) Georgette Heyer's Regency romances: serious literature or popular fiction? MA thesis, University of Auckland