From 2005 - 2009 she was an integral part of the Dickens Project conference at the University of California , Santa Cruz .
From 2005 - 2009 she was planning a book on the origins of Victorian sentimentality at the time of her death .
From 2005 - 2009 she was an integral part of the Dickens Project conference at the University of California , Santa Cruz and was planning a book on the origins of Victorian sentimentality at the time of her death .