American Popular Culture, notably film and literature

“Such Prompt Eloquence”: Language as Agency and Character in Milton’s Epics. Lewisburg, PA: Bucknell University Press; London and Toronto: Associated University Presses, 1988.
Forever Pursuing Genesis: The Myth of Eden in the Novels of Kurt Vonnegut.Lewisburg, PA: Bucknell University Press; London and Toronto: Associated University Presses, 1990.
Ol’ Blue Eyes: A Frank Sinatra Encyclopedia. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1998.
The Literary Filmography: 6,200 Adaptations of Books, Short Stories and Other Nondramatic Works. 2 volumes. Jefferson, NC: McFarland Publishers, 2006.
Critical Insights: “Slaughterhouse-Five.” Pasadena, CA: Salem Press/EBSCO, 2010.

“Playful Genesis and Dark Revelation in Cat’s Cradle.” In Kurt Vonnegut’s Cat’s Cradle: Modern Critical Interpretations. Ed. Harold Bloom. Philadelphia: Chelsea House, 2001: 59-71.
 “Frank Sinatra and Civil Rights.” In Frank Sinatra: History, Identity, and Italian-American Culture. Ed. Stanislao Pugliese. New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2004: 33-45.
 “Johnny Hartman.” In African American National Biography. Ed. Henry Louis Gates, Jr. and Evelyn Higginbotham. 8 volumes. New York: Oxford University Press, 2008: IV: 106-07.
 “Michael Crichton.” In The Scribner Encyclopedia of American Lives. Volume 8: 2006-2008.Ed. Arnold Markoe, Karen Markoe, and Kenneth T. Jackson. Detroit: Gale, 2010: 91-93.
 “Tom Wolfe.” In Blackwell Encyclopedia of Twentieth Century American Fiction. Eds Patrick O’Donnell, Justus Nieland, and David Madden. 2010.

American popular culture, especially contemporary film and history; Drama

The George W. Atherton Award for Excellence in Teaching
The Outstanding Teacher Award, Penn State Abington
The Lion Heart Award from the Class of 1997
Penn State Abington Scholar Award