Culture and Customs of the Dominican Republic. Westport: Greenwood Press, 1999.
Part of the Series of Culture and Customs of Latin America, this book details many aspects of the Dominican Republic including its history, geography, folklore, literary traditions, customs, and language.

Of Forgotten Times. Willimantic, CT: Curbstone Press, 2004. Translation of Dominican author Marisela Rizik’s novel El tiempo del olvido. Santo Domingo: Taller, 1996.

“Standard Deviation: Perspectives of the Trujillo Regime in the Novel With a Focus on Works by Julia Alvarez and Marisela Rizik.” Rebeldía, denuncia y justicia social:Voces enérgicas de autoras hispanoamericanas y españolas. Ed. Clementina Adams, Miami: Ediciones Universal, 2004. (refereed)

“El proceso de transculturación en La biografía difusa de Sombra Castañeda.” LaTorre: Revista de la Universidad de Puerto Rico, vol. X, no. 37 (1996): 85-97. Rpt. in Arqueología de las sombras: La narrativa de Marcio Veloz Maggiolo. Ed.Fernando Valerio-Holguín. Santo Domingo: Amigo del Hogar, 2000. 249 –262.

“Historiographic Metafiction in In the Time of the Butterflies”. South Atlantic Review, 64:2, 1999. (refereed)

“Alusiones a la dictadura de Trujillo en los cuentos de Jeannette Miller.” Biblioteca:Suplemento literario y biográfico. Santo Domingo: Editora Cole: 2003.

“Trujillo as the Subject of the Contemporary Novel: Historiography, Hagiography or Demonization?” SECOLAS (South Eastern Council of Latin Amercian Studies). Vanderbilt University, April, 2005.

“Through the Looking Glass: Reflections of the Trujillo and Balaguer Regimes in Angela Hernandez’ Charamicos. Conference on Caribbean Culture and Literature. Milwaukee, October 2004.

“Narraciones articuladas a raíz de la matanza de 1937 con un enforque en la novela de Edwidge Danticat: Cosecha de huesos. Association of Caribbean Women Writers and Scholars. Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. April 2004

“A Survival Guide for a Pretty Woman Caught in a Dictatorship: Carmen Imbert Brugal’s Distinguida Señora SECOLAS International Conference, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, March 2004.

“Allusions to the Trujillo Dictatorship in the Short Stories of Jeannette Miller.” SECOLAS. UNC, Chapel Hill, March 2003.

“Espresión alternativa: silencios y lágrimas en El tiempo del olvido de Marisela Rizik.” International Conference of the Asociación Internacional de Literatura Femenina Hispánica. Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. October 2002.

2004: President of the South Eastern Council of Latin American Studies

2004: grant from USA Research Committee for research in the Dominican Republic.

2003: named Honorary Member of the Golden Key Club

2002: Chair of the University of South Alabama Faculty Senate

2003, 2000, and 1990: Director: University of South Alabama Study Abroad Program