(1995) But are they any good? Women readers, formula fiction, and the sacralization of the literary canon PhD, University of Southern California

(2008) Radicalizing Romance: Subculture, Sex, and Media at the Margins PhD, University of Florida

(1998) Global Infatuation: Explorations in Transnational Publishing and Texts: The case of Harlequin Enterprises and Sweden PhD, Uppsala University

(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