Bio
Here at NSU, I teach a range of introductory courses, including the British literature
surveys, introduction to womens and gender studies, and introduction to literature.
At the upper-division level, I teach history of the English language, Shakespeare,
and special topics courses on (1) witchcraft and early modern drama and (2) gender
and sexuality in the global Middle Ages. Based on primary manuscript research at the
British Library, Bodleian Library, National Library of Wales, and special collections
libraries in the U.S., my publications focus on book history and material culture,
religious literature, and gender studies. In addition to teaching, I enjoy making
art and supporting non-profit causes, including serving as the Vice President of the
Tulsa Shakespeare Company.
Education:
- PhD, English, Emory University, Summa cum laude, 2019
- OtherM.T.S., Religion, Literature, and Culture, Harvard University, Summa cum laude,
2013
- BA, English and Religious Studies, University of Tennessee, Summa cum laude, 2011
Book history and material culture, religious literature, and gender studies
British literature, medieval and early modern literature, early modern drama, world
literature, gender and sexuality
Intellectual Content:
- "Medieval Saints Lives in European Christian Womens Literary Traditions" (Book, Chapter in Scholarly Book-New), Discovery, In Preparation; Not Yet Submitted,
2028
- Fear of Death and Intervention in Childbirth: Medieval English Birth Girdles and Modern
Medical Practices" (Book, Chapter in Scholarly Book-New), Discovery, In Preparation; Not Yet Submitted,
- "Transmission, Translation, and the Ancrene Wisse Group" (Book, Chapter in Scholarly Book-New), Discovery, Accepted, 2027
- "Saints' Lives in the White Book of Rhydderch" (Book, Chapter in Scholarly Book-New), Integration, Published, 2026
- Defining Medieval Heterosexuality: Institutional, Literary, and Artistic Sources" (Book, Chapter in Scholarly Book-New), Discovery, Published, 2025
- Institutional Foundations for the Study of Sex in Medieval Western Christianity" (Book, Chapter in Scholarly Book-New), Discovery, Published, 2025
- An Introduction to Sexuality Studies in Medieval Europe and North Africa" (Book, Chapter in Scholarly Book-New), Discovery, Published, 2025
- "Holy Families and Vowed Life: The Legends of East Anglian Sister Saints in a Seventeenth-Century
English Manuscript" (Book, Chapter in Scholarly Book-New), Discovery, Published, 2023
Presentations:
- Prayers to Quiricus and Julitta in the Medieval Birth Girdle Tradition - Saints Outside Hagiography Online Workshop Series - Online with international participants
- April 2026
- Invited response paper to panel on "Saints Lives and Feminine Resistance" - 51st Sewanee Medieval Colloquium - University of the South, Sewanee, Tennessee
- April 2026
- Early English Anchoritism and Material Culture - The Other Sister Research Group - Toronto (virtual) - April 2022
- "A Prayer in Circulation: The Wooing Group On wel swue god ureisun of God almihti
and Its Two Manuscripts" - International Congress on Medieval Studies (ICMS), May 10-15, 2021 - Virtual -
May 2021
- Mise-en-page and Adaptation: An Assignment for Medieval-Inspired Manuscript Leaves
of Chaucers ABC Poem - Chaucer MetaPage roundtable on Tactile Teaching, Kalamazoo, 54th International
Congress on Medieval Studies (ICMS) - - May 2019
- Britains Sondry Tonges: Teaching a Multilingual, Non-Chronological Survey - CLCS Celtic & LLC Old English Forums, Modern Language Association Convention, Chicago
- - January 2019
Courses Taught:
- INTRODUCTION TO LITERATURE - ENGL 2113 - Spring 2026
- INTRO WOMEN & GENDER STUDIES - ENGL 2123 - Fall 2025
- ENGLISH LITERATURE I - ENGL 3543 - Fall 2025
- ENGLISH LITERATURE II - ENGL 3653 - Spring 2025
- ENGLISH STUDIES II - ENGL 4913 - Spring 2024
- SEMINAR IN ENGLISH STUDIES I - ENGL 5633 - Spring 2024
- SHAKESPEARE-HIST & COMEDIES - ENGL 4203 - Fall 2023
- WORLD LITERATURE - ENGL 3413 - Fall 2023
- SHAKESPEARE TRAGEDIES - ENGL 4313 - Fall 2022
