Professor of English; James Wayne Lemke Chair in University Service and Leadership
- Ph.D., Binghamton University
- M.A., University of Alabama
- B.A., University of Alabama at Birmingham
RESEARCH:
Medieval and Early Modern literature of England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales, Linguistics, Early Modern Staging Practices, Science Fiction and Mystery Novels, and聽Doctor Who
FELLOWSHIPS:
- NEH Teaching Development Fellowship, Spring Semester 2010
- NEH Summer Seminar on Shakespeare and Performance
COURSES:
- British Literature I
- Medieval Studies
- Chaucer
- Renaissance Literature
- Shakespeare
- The Development of Modern English
RECENT COURSE OR CURRENT PROJECT:
I am currently writing an article on author Paul Doherty鈥檚 supernatural mystery series based on聽The Canterbury Tales.
STUDENT RESEARCH:
I have directed independent research on such varied topics as Sherlock Holmes and gender; the novels of John le Carr茅; and the writings of medieval women.
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS:
鈥淧ersepolis as a Gateway to Reading Metafictional Novels.鈥� Forthcoming volume on Graphic Novel Pedagogy. Ed. Matthew Miller. McFarland, 2015
鈥溾�橳he Moment Has Been Prepared For鈥�: Regeneration and Language in 鈥楲ogopolis鈥� and 鈥楥astrovalva.鈥櫬燭he Language of Doctor Who: From Shakespeare to Alien Tongues. Ed. Jason Barr and Camille D. G. Mustachio. Scarecrow Press. 2014
鈥淭he 2010 Actors鈥� Renaissance Season: An Inside Look鈥澛燭he Playhouse Insider. American Shakespeare Center. Spring 2010
鈥淭he Kildare Poems and the Friar who Owned Them.鈥澛燙hristvs Regnat聽3.2 (2010).
鈥淲erewolves, Monsters, and Miracles: Representing Colonial Fantasies in Gerald of Wales鈥櫬燭opographia Hibernica.鈥澛燬tudies in Iconography 22聽(2001):55-86.