Bio
Here at NSU, I teach a range of introductory courses, including the British literature
surveys, introduction to womens and gender studies, and history of the English language.
At the upper-division and masters level, I offer special topics courses in medieval
and early modern British and European literature, gender and sexuality, and the global
Middle Ages. My research focuses on book history and material culture, religious literature,
the history of emotions, and gender studies. For more information, visit www.jennycbledsoe.com.
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
My research focuses on book history and material culture, religious literature, the
history of emotions, and gender studies.
British literature, medieval and early modern literature, world literature, gender
and sexuality, the global Middle Ages
Intellectual Content:
- An Early Modern English Collection of Medieval Female Saints: A Critical Edition of
Folger MS V.b.334 (Book, Scholarly-New), In Preparation; Not Yet Submitted,
- Tactile Affects: Materiality and Feeling in Medieval British Literature (monograph) (Book, Scholarly-New), Discovery, In Preparation; Not Yet Submitted,
- "The Liminality of Anchoritic Prose: Transmission, Translation, and the Ancrene Wisse
Group" (Book, Chapter in Scholarly Book-New), Discovery, In Preparation; Not Yet Submitted,
- "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, Accepted,
- Defining Medieval Heterosexuality: Institutional, Literary, and Artistic Sources" (Book, Chapter in Scholarly Book-New), Discovery, Accepted,
- Womens Work and Mens Devotions: The Fabrics of the Passion in O Vernicle (Journal Article, Academic Journal), Discovery, Published, 2021
- Materiality, Documentary Authority, and the Circulation of the Katherine Group" (Journal Article, Academic Journal), Discovery, Published, April (2nd Quarter/Spring),
2021
- Materially Engaged Reading in the Writing Classroom" (Journal Article, Academic Journal), Teaching & Learning, Published, 2019
- Sympathy for the Demon: Affective Instruction in the Katherine Group" (Journal Article, Academic Journal), Discovery, Published, 2018
- Practical Hagiography: James of Voragines Sermones and Vita on St Margaret of Antioch (Journal Article, Academic Journal), Discovery, Published, 2013
Presentations:
- 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:
- INTRO WOMEN'S & GENDER STUDIES - WGS 2123 - Fall 2021
- WORLD LITERATURE - ENGL 3413 - Fall 2021
- SHAKESPEARE-HIST & COMEDIES - ENGL 4203 - Fall 2021
- ENGLISH LITERATURE I - ENGL 3543 - Fall 2021
- INTRODUCTION TO LITERATURE - ENGL 2113 - Spring 2021
- ENGLISH LITERATURE II - ENGL 3653 - Spring 2021
- HISTORY OF ENGLISH LANGUAGE - ENGL 4663 - Spring 2021
- ENGLISH CAPSTONE EXPERIENCE - ENGL 4992 - Spring 2021
- SEMINAR IN ENGLISH STUDIES I - ENGL 5633 - Spring 2020
