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 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 DohertyƵs supernatural mystery series based on The Canterbury Tales.
STUDENT RESEARCH:
I have directed independent research on such varied topics as Sherlock Holmes and gender; the novels of John le Carré; and the writings of medieval women.
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS:
ƵPersepolis as a Gateway to Reading Metafictional Novels.Ƶ Forthcoming volume on Graphic Novel Pedagogy. Ed. Matthew Miller. McFarland, 2015
ƵƵThe Moment Has Been Prepared ForƵ: Regeneration and Language in ƵLogopolisƵ and ƵCastrovalva.Ƶ The Language of Doctor Who: From Shakespeare to Alien Tongues. Ed. Jason Barr and Camille D. G. Mustachio. Scarecrow Press. 2014
ƵThe 2010 ActorsƵ Renaissance Season: An Inside LookƵ The Playhouse Insider. American Shakespeare Center. Spring 2010
ƵThe Kildare Poems and the Friar who Owned Them.Ƶ Christvs Regnat 3.2 (2010).
ƵWerewolves, Monsters, and Miracles: Representing Colonial Fantasies in Gerald of WalesƵ Topographia Hibernica.Ƶ Studies in Iconography 22 (2001):55-86.

