(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

(2004) Public Library Services to the Romance Reader: An Online Survey of Romance Readers Masters in Library Science, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

(2007) Neo romance: gender renegotiation in Harlequin romance novels MA thesis, University of Northern Iowa

(2014) ROMANCES DE BOLSO: A novela romântica da Harlequin Books no mercado editorial brasileiro Bacharelado, Universidade Católica de Pernambuco

(2012) Contemporary American Christian Fiction: Young and Rivers Diploma, Masaryk University