About
Presently President of the
Medieval Association of the Pacific, 2020-2022
Retired with Emeritus standing from the University of British Columbia in July 2019.
During 17 years in the Department of History at UBC, served as:
- Advisor for the History Major and Minor programs, 2005-2019
- Advisor for Medieval Studies Major and Minor programs, 2005-2019
- Chair and Advisor for the Law and Society Minor program, 2009-2019
- Chair, Student Directed Seminars, Faculty Advisory Committee, 2016-2019
Research
Research Interests
- medieval legal and social history
- the history of women and the family
- medieval English common law and legal profession
- medieval governance and society
Education
Doctor of Philosophy in History, May 1997, The University of Mississippi
Dissertation: “Put in His Place: The English Attorney in the King’s Court, 1327-1340”
Under the direction of Jeffery Watt and Michael Landon
Previous Ph.D. work at The University of Iowa (ABD-1978)
Dissertation director: Donald W. Sutherland
Master of Arts in History, 1976, The University of Iowa
Bachelor of Arts in Mathematics and Mathematics Education and a Minor in History, 1974, Concordia University Chicago, River Forest, IL
