PhD in Interdisciplinary Studies:  American Poetry and the Development of American Cities: examination fields of Development of American Cities, Development of American Poetry, and Lyric Poetry as a Social Act: Dissertation Committee; Alfred Arteaga, Hertha D. Sweet Wong, Lyn Hejinian: University of California, Berkeley, 2007

MA in Urban Social Geography; Thesis Committee: Michael Johns, Robert Hass, Alan Pred; University of California, Berkeley, 1999

MFA in English; Thesis Director: Chana Bloch, Creative Writing; Mills College, 1994

BFA (with Honours) in Creative Writing; Thesis Directors: Frank Davey and bpNichol; York University, 1986