(1986) Women creating men: the history of the hero in contemporary category romance fiction since the 1950s MA thesis, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

(2012) Speculative Matter: Generic Affinities, Posthumanisms and Science-Fictional Imaginings PhD, McMaster University

(2008) Genesis Press: Cultural Representation and the Production of African American Romance Novels PhD, University of Iowa

(2010) Heyer’s heroes: An investigation into Georgette Heyer and her literary ‘mark’ on the Regency hero Master of Arts, University of Waikato, New Zealand

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