I am an Associate Professor of Medieval Literature at the University of Missouri in Columbia, MO (USA).
I am interested in all things early medieval, but particularly in Old English religious literature, with a research focus on saints' lives, homilies, expressions of Christian (especially patristic) theology, popular religion, and folklore. Ongoing interests are the influence of patristic theology on later writings, the history of ideas, the intersections of diverse literary cultures, and the interaction of genres within single texts.
My current book project, expanding beyond the early Middle Ages, examines the use of proverbs and other proverbial materials in Chaucer's Canterbury Tales. The examination of this particular microgenre also demonstrates an innovative critical methodology by showing that critically reading texts through the lens of the specific genre of proverbs can variously attend to both long-standing critical questions and pressing current issues in literary criticism. From this book project, I published an article on proverbs in the Squire Tale.
At Mizzou, I am a member of the lively and active field of Medieval and Renaissance Studies (MARS); to learn more about MARS, including the undergraduate and graduate minors, click here.
Besides rummaging through dead languages, I enjoy collecting sands and eating German (especially Swabian) foods.
I am interested in all things early medieval, but particularly in Old English religious literature, with a research focus on saints' lives, homilies, expressions of Christian (especially patristic) theology, popular religion, and folklore. Ongoing interests are the influence of patristic theology on later writings, the history of ideas, the intersections of diverse literary cultures, and the interaction of genres within single texts.
My current book project, expanding beyond the early Middle Ages, examines the use of proverbs and other proverbial materials in Chaucer's Canterbury Tales. The examination of this particular microgenre also demonstrates an innovative critical methodology by showing that critically reading texts through the lens of the specific genre of proverbs can variously attend to both long-standing critical questions and pressing current issues in literary criticism. From this book project, I published an article on proverbs in the Squire Tale.
At Mizzou, I am a member of the lively and active field of Medieval and Renaissance Studies (MARS); to learn more about MARS, including the undergraduate and graduate minors, click here.
Besides rummaging through dead languages, I enjoy collecting sands and eating German (especially Swabian) foods.
