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Rhonda Knight, Ph.D.

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.

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