I have done considerable research on sentimentalism and sensibility as a cross-cultural movement in Europe. I've made similar studies of intellectual history and literature in Meiji Japan, focusing on the author Natsume Sôseki.

My interest in the intersection of philosophy, film, and fiction has taken me to a book-length manuscript on Cowboys and Samurai: Authority, Nation-Making, and Individualism.

 

I also have several current projects related to Jane Austen, including a book I just completed called "Jane Austen and the Price of Happiness."