(1985) A romantic past : a study of historical romance as a form of recreational fiction in public libraries M.A. Library Studies, South Australian Institute of Technology

(1989) 'Re-reading Jane': Jane Austen's legacy to twentieth-century women writers PhD, Bowling Green State University

(1996) The novels of Mills and Boon in the post-war period M.Phil, University of Hull

(2003) Hearts of Darkness: The Racial Politics of Popular Romance PhD, University of Maryland, College Park

(2007) The Effects of Romance Novel Readership on Relationship Beliefs, Romantic Ideals, and Relational Satisfaction Honors thesis, Boston College