(1986) Romances and the Modern Ms.: a Study of Contemporary (Line) Romances, 1980-1984 PhD, University of Southern California

(2013) 'Traitorous Bodies': Cartesian Dualism in Romance Novels by Susan Johnson and E. L. James Masters, Texas State University

(1999) The social construction of gender as represented in popular fiction, 1990-1997 PhD, South Dakota State University

(2008) Functional analysis of the contemporary folkloric vampire MA thesis, Brigham Young University

(1998) Covering genres: romance, science-fiction/fantasy, pleasure, and respectability B.A. Honors, Wesleyan University

(1984) Becoming a Woman through Romance: Adolescent Novels and the Ideology of Femininity PhD, University of Wisconsin - Madison