He is the director of the International Institute of Modern Letters at Victoria University of Wellington.
He was assistant editor at Victoria University Press in 1988.
[2] His notable doctoral students have included Pip Adam,[3] Michalia Arathimos,[4] and Gigi Fenster.
[5] Since 2014 he has been the director of the International Institute of Modern Letters at Victoria University of Wellington.
[7] He is also a singer and songwriter who has released songs through his project the Close Readers.