English Department Senior LecturerFaculty AffiliatesSelected Peer-Reviewed Articles and Book Chapters:"Myths about Pimps: Conflicting Images of Hypermasculine Pimps in U.S. American Hip-Hop and Bisexual Pimps in the Novels of Donald Goines and Iceberg Slim." Journal of Bisexuality 12.3 (Sept. 2012): 429-441."An Ironic Contention: The Kid's Heroic Failure to Rebel Against the Judge's Hypermasculinity in Blood Meridian." Southwestern American Literature 36.3 (Summer 2011): 70-86."Masculinity as Homosocial Enactment in Three Stories by Raymond Carver." The Raymond Carver Review. Web. March 2009. dept.kent.edu/English/RCR/issues/02/documents/10Benson.pdf. (4300 words).Forthcoming:"Greg Maddux as Genius and the Sublimated Homosexual Desire of American Baseball Fans." American History through American Sports: From Colonial Lacrosse to Extreme Sports Vol. 2. Danielle S. Coombs and Bob Batchelor Eds. Westport: Praeger Publishers, 2012. Areas of Expertise Contemporary American Literature Masculinity Studies African American Literature Fiction Studies Education BA, Missouri State University MA/PhD, University of South Florida
