College of Law

Publications

Articles, Essays & Book Reviews

• In Contempt: Nineteenth-Century Women, Law, and Literature (Ohio State University Press, 2012)
• "Stumped: The Story of Stump v. Sparkman" (forthcoming UMKC Law Review) (with Debora Threedy, Laura Kessler, and Aden Ross)
• Book Review (forthcoming Law and History Review) (reviewing Elaine Forman Crane's Witches, Wife Beaters, & Whores: Common Law and Common Folk in Early America)
• Book Review, 52 American Journal of Legal History 513 (2012) (reviewing Susan Sage Heinzelman's Riding the Black Ram: Law, Literature, and Gender)
  
• Social Justice Feminism, 18 UCLA Women's L.J. 131 (2010) (with Verna L. Williams)
• "Reconstructions: Historical Consciousness and Critical Transformation." 1 Freedom Center Journal vii (2008) (with Emily Houh and Verna L. Williams)
• Book Review, 25 Law & History Review 659 (2007) (reviewing Morris Kaplan, Sodom on the Thames: Sex, Love, and Scandal in Wilde Times (2005))
• Bankruptcy Reform and the Financial Well-Being of Women: How Intersectionality Matters in Money Matters, 71 Brook. L. Rev. 1181 (2006)
• Law, Literature, and Libel: Victorian Censorship of "Dirty Filthy" Books on Birth Control, 10 Wm. & Mary J. Women & Law 533 (2004)
• Looking for Law in All the "Wrong" Places: Outlaw Texts and Early Women's Advocacy, 13 S. Cal. Rev. Law & Women's Studies 273 (2004)
• Women's Work Is Never Done: Employment, Family, and Activism: An Introduction, 73 U. Cin. L. Rev. 361 (2004) (symposium) (with Verna L. Williams)
• Alice in Legal Wonderland: A Cross-Examination of Gender, Race, and Empire in Victorian Law and Literature, 24 Harv. Women's L.J. 221 (2001)
• In Defense of "Murderous Mothers": Feminist Jurisprudence in Frances Trollope's Jessie Phillips, 5 J. of Victorian Culture 179 (2000)

Presentations

• Social Justice Feminism, National Women's Studies Association Annual Conference, Cincinnati, Ohio (2008)
• Social Justice Feminism: Words, Movements, Theory, Practice, Annual Meeting of the Association for the Study of Law, Culture, and the Humanities, Berkeley, California (2008)
• Social Justice Feminism, Feminist Legal Theories and Feminisms Conference, University of Baltimore, Baltimore, Maryland (2008)
• Bankruptcy Reform: Challenging Statutory Interpretations, Cincinnati Bar Association, Cincinnati, Ohio (2007)
• Social Justice Feminism: Historical Perspectives, Villanova University School of Law, Villanova, Pennsylvania (2007)
• Statutory Interpretation and the BAPCPA, Cincinnati Bar Association, Cincinnati, Ohio (2006)
• Still More Stories To Tell: Intimate Partner Abuse and Education, Keynote Address, Rape Crisis & Abuse Center Annual Meeting, Cincinnati, Ohio (2006)
• Barriers to Women's Financial Well-Being, Women's Leadership Conference, Oxford, England (2006)
• Bankruptcy Reform and the Financial Well-Being of Women, St. Louis University School of Law, St. Louis, Missouri (2006)
• Critical Perspectives on Commercial Law and Bankruptcy: A Re-Envisioned Reform Agenda, Tenth Annual Latcrit Conference, Puerto Rico (2005)
• Bankruptcy Reform and Consumer Protection: How Gender Matters In Money Matters, University of Iowa, Invited Speaker Series, Iowa City, Iowa (2005)
• An Intersectional Analysis of Bankruptcy Reform, Chicago-Kent College of Law, Chicago, Illinois (2005)
• Sex, Lies, and the Bankruptcy Code, Annual Meeting of the Association for the Study of Law, Culture, and the Humanities, Austin, Texas (2005)
• Law, Literature, and Libel: Victorian Censorship of ‘Dirty Filthy' Books on Birth Control, Law and Society Association, Chicago, Illinois (2004)
• Looking For Law in All the ‘Wrong' Places: Outlaw Texts and Early Women's Advocacy, Annual Meeting of the Association for the Study of Law, Culture, and the Humanities, Hartford, Connecticut (2004)
• Outlaw Texts and Narrative Advocacy, Brigham Young University College of Law, Provo, Utah (2003)
• Women's Legal Herstories: Nineteenth-Century Publication of Private Wrongs, Subversive Legacies: Learning From History/Constructing the Future, University of Texas School of Law, Austin, Texas (2002)
• Outlaw Texts: Nineteenth-Century Novels That Don't Police, Law and Society Association, Vancouver, British Columbia (2002)
• Feminist Jurisprudence: A ‘Novel' Approach to Law and Literature, Law and Society Association, Chicago, Illinois (1999)
• ‘Delicate Matters For Mothers Alone': Family Planning in Jane Clapperton's Margaret Dunmore: or, A Socialist Home, Dickens Project Winter Conference, University of California, Riverside (1998)
• The Spectacle of White Queens: A Cross-Examination of Women, Law, Power, and Empire, Victorian Studies Association of Western Canada, University of Northern British Columbia, St. George, British Columbia (1997)
• In Defense of ‘Murderous Mothers': Feminist Jurisprudence in Frances Trollope's Jessie Phillips: A Tale of the Present Day, Midwest Modern Language Association, Minneapolis, Minnesota (1996)
• The Wife's Lament: A Riddle of Her Own, Medieval Association of the Midwest, Northern Michigan University, Marquette, Michigan (1995)