Education

B.A. English Literature and History, 1986, Auckland University, New Zealand
M.A. (First Class Honors) English Literature, 1989, Auckland University, New Zealand
Ph.D. Cinema Studies 1998, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, New York University

Representative Publications

Coeditor with Terri Ginsberg of Perspectives on German Cinema (G.K. Hall, 1996)

“Ah Love! Zee Grand Illusion! Pepé Le Pew, Narcissism and Cats in the Casbah” in Kevin Sandler (Ed.) Reading The Rabbit; Explorations in Warner Bros. Animation (Rutgers: NJ) 1998

“The Sickness Unto Death: Dislocated Gothic in a Minor Key” in Piano Lessons; Approaches to the Piano (Eds.) Felicity O'Brien & Suzanne Gemmell (John Libbey & Indiana University Press, 1999)

“Once Were Warriors: New Zealand's First Indigenous Blockbuster” in Blockbusters, ed. Julian Stringer (Routledge: NY, 2003)

“Fear and Trembling: Adaptations of Cape Fear in Adaptations ed. Robert”Stam (Blackwell, 2002) forthcoming

“Kitsch-en Sink Surrealism; the Psychodynamics of Alison MacLean” in New Zealand Filmmakers, eds. Stuart Murray and Ian Conrich, (Wayne State University Press: MI, 2003) forthcoming

Publications Available Through Amazon.com

Coeditor with Terri Ginsberg of Perspectives on German Cinema (G.K. Hall, 1996)

“Ah Love! Zee Grand Illusion! Pepé Le Pew, Narcissism and Cats in the Casbah” in Kevin Sandler (Ed.) Reading The Rabbit; Explorations in Warner Bros. Animation (Rutgers: NJ) 1998

“The Sickness Unto Death: Dislocated Gothic in a Minor Key” in Piano Lessons; Approaches to the Piano (Eds.) Felicity O'Brien & Suzanne Gemmell (John Libbey & Indiana University Press, 1999)