(1995) Gender, Ethnicity and the Romance Novel Ed.D., Teachers College, Columbia University

(2013) Assume the Position: Exploring Discipline Relationships PhD, Georgia State University

(1997) Trembling at Her Own Response: Resistance and Reconciliation in Mass-Market Romance Novels PhD, University of Delaware

(1996) Female Fantasies in Women's Popular Fiction PhD, University of California, Santa Barbara

(1986) Raised on romance: a cultural study of romance fiction MA thesis, University of Virginia