Washington and Lee University
Payne Hall 32DPh.D., Medieval Studies, Cornell University, 2008
M.A., Medieval Studies, Cornell University, 2004
B.A., English, summa cum laude, Bowdoin College, 2001
Lyric poetry, hybrid (i.e. lyric-narrative) texts, and lyric/sonnet sequences; medieval English literature (especially Langland, Chaucer, and Gower); Anglo-Norman poetry; medieval romance and Arthuriana; Latin and vernacular sermons; Germanic linguistics; and intersections between the sacred and the secular.
English 314—Romance and Ballad
English 311—History of the English Language
English 292—Arthurian Literature
English 105—Composition and Literature
Seminar and Capstone Topics
English 413—Lyric Poetry
“In the Shadow of the Ympe-tre: Arboreal Folklore in Sir Orfeo.” English Studies 89.2 (2008): 141-52.
Piers Plowman and Medieval Lyric Invention (book manuscript)
