Faculty member in the English Department at MSU Mankato since 1981
Teaching classes in film, modern American and British literature, film and literary theory, and interdisciplinary humanities
Former Humanities Program Director and English Department Chair
Past President of the MSU Mankato Faculty Association and of the statewide Inter Faculty Organization, the collective bargaining agent for all faculty members in the seven MnSCU state universities.
Peer Reviewer for the Higher Learning Commission, one of the six regional accrediting agencies for colleges and universities in the United States