(1989) 'Re-reading Jane': Jane Austen's legacy to twentieth-century women writers PhD, Bowling Green State University

(1996) The novels of Mills and Boon in the post-war period M.Phil, University of Hull

(2003) Hearts of Darkness: The Racial Politics of Popular Romance PhD, University of Maryland, College Park

(2007) The Effects of Romance Novel Readership on Relationship Beliefs, Romantic Ideals, and Relational Satisfaction Honors thesis, Boston College

(2004) Public Library Services to the Romance Reader: An Online Survey of Romance Readers Masters in Library Science, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill