Personal Information

Education:
B.A., U. of Sarajevo, Bosnia (1970);
M.A., Oberlin College (1972);
Ph.D., U. of Sarajevo (1978)

Teaching and Research Interests:
Freshman Composition; American Studies; Comparative Literature; Travel Writing

Recent Publications:
(With Z. Radeljkovic), "Susan Sontag: Literature is What Should Be Read Twice." Interview with S. Sontag, Sarajevo, April 10, 1993. Novi Izraz, 7. 27-28 (2005): 124-132 [In Bosnian-Croato-Serbian].

"Travelogue as a Dark Pastoral: Louis Adamic's The Native's Return." An American Scholar in Sarajevo: Papers Honoring Prof. Zvonimir Radeljkovic on the Occasion of his 60th Birthday. Ed. Srebren Dizdar. Sarajevo: Faculty of Philosophy, University of Sarajevo, Special Editions 7 (2003): 95-100.

"Balkans." Literature of Travel and Exploration: An Encyclopedia. Ed. Jennifer Speake. New York: Fitzroy Dearborn-Taylor & Francis, 2003. Vol. One, 67-71.

"Snowy Domes and Gay Turbans: American Travelers on Bosnia, 1897-1941." East European Quarterly 36.1 (2002): 27-38.

"A Squirrel on the Power Line." Earlhamite Winter 1998: 25-29.

Books:
 Editor, At the Gates of the East: British Travel Writers on Bosnia and Herzegovina from the Sixteenth to the Twentieth Centuries. Boulder, Colo.: East European Monographs, 2001.

Work-in-Progress:
Book on British travelers in Bosnia in early twentieth century.