About
I teach and study the entire Medieval and Early Renaissance periods, but I specialize in Early Medieval Literature with a focus in Early Medieval England, medieval manuscripts, and a little Late Antiquity for good measure.
My areas of interest for teaching and research purposes include (but often wander outside of): Early English codicology; Old English language and literature; memory studies; LA/medieval cultural geography, cosmography, and travel narratives; LA, medieval, and Early Modern ethnography and exploration; early Latin saint’s lives; Latin texts in English translation; monsters and teratology; Chaucerian dream poems; Renaissance poetry; and Ancient to modern drama.
My current research interests include the textual and codicological history of the Beowulf-Manuscript (London, BL Cotton Vitellius A.xv, part 2), the earliest Latin St. Christopher legend, and the OE and Latin versions of Orosius’ History against the Pagans. Education
Ph. D., English Literature, University of Tennessee
Graduate Certificate in Medieval Studies, Marco Institute, University of Tennessee
M.A. in English, College of Charleston
B.A. in English, College of Charleston
Publications
“The Missing Women of the Beowulf-Manuscript,” 161-178 in New Readings on Women and Early Medieval English Literature and Culture: Cross-Disciplinary Studies in Honour of Helen Damico, ed. Helene Scheck and Christine Kozikowski (ARC Humanities Press, 2019).
“Chaucer’s Whelp, Consolation and the Limits of Reason in the Book of the Duchess.” Medieval Perspectives 21 (2007): 46-62.
“Playing by the Rules: Kipling’s ‘Great Game’ vs. ‘The Great Dance’ in C. S. Lewis’ Space Trilogy.” Mythlore 25.1-2 (2006): 105-126.
Upcoming Talks and Conferences
- Jan. 31st- Feb. 1st: “Oxford, Corpus Christi College MS 197: The Evolving Legacy of Bury-St Edmunds Abbey in the Back of a Bilingual Rule of St. Benedict.” The 2020 Marco Institute Manuscript Workshop, Knoxville, TN.
- July 6-9, 2020: “Judith, Alexander, and the Imperial Other in the Beowulf-Manuscript.” International Medieval Congress, University of Leeds, session 748: Centres, Peripheries, Temporalities: New Textual and Cultural Studies.
Memberships
Medieval Academy of America
International Society for the Study of Early Middle English (ISSEME)
Southeastern Medieval Association
Modern Language Association
