SCHOLARLY ACTIVITY

Research Interests & Specialties

• Migration Narratives
• Comparative U.S. Ethnic Literatures and Cultures
• American Indian Literatures and Cultures
• Latino/a Literatures and Cultures
• Border Modernism

Publications
Books

• Border Modernism: Intercultural Readings in American Literary Modernism . New York : Routledge, 2002 (hardcover), 2013 (paperback).

Journal Articles

• "A Comparative Study of Competency-Based Courses Demonstrating a Potential Measure of Course Quality and Student Success." (Co-Author). Online Journal of Distance Learning Administration 18.4 (Winter 2015). www.westga.edu/~distance/ojdla/winter184/krause_dias_schedler184.html
• "Competency-Based Education: A Framework for Measuring Quality Courses." (Co-Author). Online Journal of Distance Learning Administration 18.1 (Spring 2015). www.westga.edu/~distance/ojdla/spring181/krause_dias_schedler181.html
• "Wiindigoo Sovereignty and Native Transmotion in Gerald Vizenor's Bearheart." Studies in American Indian Literatures 23.3 (Fall 2011): 34-68.
• "Bugs in the Capitalist Machine: The Schizo Violence of Alejandro Morales's The Brick People ." MELUS 32.1 (Spring 2007): 53-74

• "Computer Technology in the Literature Classroom: A Constructivist Approach." Washington English Journal . 26.1 (2004): 6-10.
• "Inscribing Mexican-American Modernism in Américo Paredes's George Washington Gómez ." Texas Studies in Literature and Language . 42.2 (Summer 2000): 154-76.
• "The 'Tribal' Legacy of Hemingway's Nick Adams." The Hemingway Review 19.1 (Fall 1999): 64-78.
• "Formulating a Native American Modernism in John Joseph Mathews' Sundown ." Arizona Quarterly 55.1 (Spring 1999): 127-49.

Book Chapters

• "Writing Culture: Willa Cather's Southwest." Willa Cather and the American Southwest . Eds. John N. Swift and Joseph R. Urgo. Lincoln : U of Nebraska P, 2002. 108-23.
• "Inscribing Mexican-American Modernism in Américo Paredes's George Washington Gómez ." Recovering the U.S. Hispanic Literary Heritage . Vol. IV. Eds. José F. Aranda, Jr. and Silvio Torres-Saillant. Houston : Arte Público P, 2002. 246-69.

Conference Papers & Presentations

• "Multicultural Migrations: Engaging Students Through Multimedia Projects." Southwest Popular/American Culture Association Conference. Albuquerque, February 2022.
• "Making Live Online Classes Engaging and Inclusive." Northwest eLearn Virtual Conference. April 2021.
• Comparing Online Student Engagement in Discussion vs. Annotation." Online Learning Consortium Accelerate Virtual Conference. November 2020.
• "Comparing Online Student Engagement in Discussion vs. Annotation." Northwest eLearn Virtual Conference. September 2020.
• "Evaluating Effectiveness of Online Teacher Certification." Northwest eLearn Conference. Bend, October 2019.
• "Master Online Teacher Certification for Faculty." WICHE Cooperative for Educational Technologies (WCET) Conference. Portland, October 2018.
•  "Competency-Based Education: A Framework for Measuring Quality Courses." World Education Day. Jinan, China, September 2018.
• "Online vs. On-Campus: How Do Students Rate Their Educational Experience?" Washington State Higher Education Technology Conference. Spokane, March 2017.
•  "A Comparative Study of Competency-Based Courses Demonstrating a Potential Measure of Course Quality & Student Success." (Co-author). Distance Learning Administration Conference Proceedings. Jekyll Island, June 2016.
•  "Master Online Teacher Certification for Faculty." Washington State Higher Education Technology Conference. Spokane, April 2016.
•  "Streaming Video: CWU and UW Partner Up on an Academic Solution." (Co-Presenter). Washington State Higher Education Technology Conference. Spokane, March 2015.
•  "Captured by Weakness: Rewriting the Indian Captivity Narrative in David Seals' The Powwow Highway." Pacific Northwest American Studies Association Conference. April, 2014.
•  "Missing Homeland: The Jewish Detective in Diaspora." Pacific Ancient and Modern Language Association Conference. San Diego, November 2013.
•  "CWU Multimodal Learning Team: Collaborative Faculty Support Model." (Co-Presenter). NWeLearning Conference. Spokane, October 2013.
•  "Three Institutional Approaches to Online Learning Quality Assurance." (Co-Presenter). Educause Learning Initiative Conference. Denver, February 2013.
•  "Among the Savages: Rewriting the Indian Captivity Narrative in David Seals' The Powwow Highway." Pacific Ancient and Modern Language Association Conference. Seattle, October 2012.
•  "Don’t Facebook Me: Using a *Private* Academic Social Network to Engage Students." NASPAtech Student Affairs Technology Conference. Indianapolis, October 2012.
•  "Five Key Measures of Quality Assurance in Online Learning." Sloan-C International Conference on Online Learning. Orlando, October 2012.
•  "Jewish Diaspora and Indigenous Identity in Michael Chabon's The Yiddish Policeman's Union." Modern Language Association Conference. Seattle, January 2012.
•  "Maximize Faculty Development Through a Multi-Dimensional Model of Support." Emerging Technologies for Online Learning Conference. San Jose, July 2011.
• "Tribal Sovereignty and Native Transmotion." Pacific Northwest American Studies Association Conference. Spokane, April 2010.
• "Engaging the Online Learner through Multi-Ethnic Literature."Multi-Ethnic Literature of the United States (MELUS) Conference. Spokane, April 2009.
• "Immigrants at the Gates: Social Borders and Global Suburbs in The Tortilla Curtain." American Studies Association Conference. Philadelphia, October 2007.
• "Immigrants at the Gates: Social Borders and Global Suburbs in The Tortilla Curtain." Pacific Northwest American Studies Association Conference. Portland, April 2007.
• "Consuming to Excess: Windigo Cannibalism in Gerald Vizenor's Bearheart ." American Literature Association Conference. San Francisco, May 2006.
• "Bridging Cultures: Using Online Communication Tools to Teach American Indian Literature." Pacific Northwest American Studies Association Conference. Spokane , April 2006.
• "Migratory Modernism: Mariano Azuela's Los de abajo (The Underdogs) ." Pacific Northwest American Studies Association Conference. Portland , April 2005.
• "D. H. Lawrence's Modern Myth of Return in The Plumed Serpent ." Modern Language Association Conference. Philadelphia , December 2004.
• "Visualizing Violence as Schizo Flow in Alejandro Morales's The Brick People ." American Studies Association Conference. Hartford , October, 2003.
• "Teaching Multiethnic Literature and Electronic Media: Syllabi and Instructional Aids." Modern Language Association Conference. New York , December 2002.
• "Centers and Edges: Localization and Deterritorialization in D. H. Lawrence and Mariano Azuela." California American Studies Association Conference. UC Santa Barbara , April 2000.
• "Writing Culture: Willa Cather's Southwest." Willa Cather on Mesa Verde Symposium. Mesa Verde National Park , October 1999.
• "Willa Cather & Américo Paredes: Historical Returns on the Borders of Modernity." California American Studies Association Conference. UC Santa Cruz, May 1999.
• "Inscribing Mexican-American Modernism in Américo Paredes's George Washington Gómez ." Recovering the U.S. Hispanic Literary Heritage Conference. University of Houston , December 1998.
• "The Indian Ancestors of Hemingway's Nick Adams." Twentieth-Century Literature Conference. University of Louisville , February 1998.
• "American Modernism from Primitivism to Tribalism." California American Studies Association Conference. Berkeley , May 1997.
• "Native American Modernism and John Joseph Mathews's Sundown ." Popular Culture Association and American Culture Association Conference. San Antonio , March 1997.