(1999) The social construction of gender as represented in popular fiction, 1990-1997 PhD, South Dakota State University

(2008) Functional analysis of the contemporary folkloric vampire MA thesis, Brigham Young University

(1998) Covering genres: romance, science-fiction/fantasy, pleasure, and respectability B.A. Honors, Wesleyan University

(1984) Becoming a Woman through Romance: Adolescent Novels and the Ideology of Femininity PhD, University of Wisconsin - Madison

(1985) A romantic past : a study of historical romance as a form of recreational fiction in public libraries M.A. Library Studies, South Australian Institute of Technology