He holds an Ph.D. in English from Auburn University, an M.A. in English from Appalachian State University, and a B.A. in English from The College of Charleston. He is the author of a book, Enter the Press-Gang: Representations of Naval Impressment in Eighteenth-Century British Literature (2002, University of Delaware Press), and has published articles on eighteenth-century literature and culture in a number of academic journals, including Albion, Studies in Eighteenth-Century Culture, Restoration and Eighteenth-Century Theatre Research and The Age of Johnson. He is currently co-editing, with Judy Slagle, a collection of essays entitled Prologues, Epilogues, Curtain-Raisers and Afterpieces: The Rest of the Eighteenth-Century London Stage, expected in 2006. Full vita here.