Professor
Assistant Chair
Courses Taught
- ENG 640: Studies in Genre: The Medieval Dream Vision
- ENG 631: Figures and Groups: Jane Austen and Politics
- ENG 590: Young Adult Literature
- ENG 530: Studies in Later British Literature: Jane Austen and Her Literary Sisters
- ENG 520: Studies in Early British Literature: Frame Tale Fiction
- ENG 520: Studies in Early British Literature: Medieval Women Visionaries
- ENG 520: Studies in Early British Literature: Middle English Romances
- ENG 520: Studies in Early British Literature: The Medieval Religious Experience
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- ENG 504: Language and Linguistics: History of the English Language
- ENG 504: Language and Linguistics: Translation in Theory and Practice
- ENG 372: Introduction to Shakespeare
- ENG 343: Survey of Women’s Literature
- ENG 325: Special Topics: Robin Hood and Joan of Arc
- ENG 245: English Literature—Beowulf through the 18th Century
- ENG 220: Introduction to Literature
- ENG 110: Introduction to College Writing
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Education
- Ph.D. English; Arizona State University
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- Dissertation: “Hearing the Word”: Julian of Norwich and the Medieval English Sermon Tradition
- M.A. English; Acadia University
- Thesis: “Famous in Legend and Story”: Robin McKinley’s Portrayal of Heroes
- B.A. Honors in English; Brigham Young University
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- Honors Thesis: A Study of Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice from a Perspective of Psychological Type (Or, Six Characters in Search of a Psychologist)
Academic Interests
- Early British Literature
- Medieval Visionary Literature
- The History of the English Language
- Children’s and Young Adult Literature
- Jane Austen and her contemporaries
Scholarly Activity
Selected Publications: Articles
- “Lost Sheep, Lost Coins, and Lost Meanings.” BYU Studies Quarterly. Vol. 60, no. 4, 2021, pp. 41-64.
- “‘Pretty Fairly Divided Between the Sexes’: Jane Austen on Gender.” Persuasions, vol.41, 2019, pp. 50-61.
- “Jane, Bingley, and the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator, Or, the Other Couple in Pride and Prejudice.” Persuasions On-Line, vol. 39. no. 1, Winter 2018.
- “Dialect Translation in the Manuscripts of The Reeve’s Tale.” The Medieval Translator/ Traduire au Moyen Age 15. Ed. Alessandra Petrina and Monica Santini. Turnhout: Brepols, 2013. 247-62. With Patricia L. Drews.
- “Cognition and Recognition in King Lear IV.vii.” Quidditas 31 (2010): 233-38.
- “The Christian Context of Julian of Norwich’s ABCs.” Mystics Quarterly 34.3-4 (2008): 71-84.
- “Parallel Parables: Julian of Norwich’s Lord and Servant and the Biblical Good Samaritan.” The Medieval Translator/Traduire au Moyen Age 10. Ed. Jacqueline Jenkins. Turnhout: Brepols, 2007. 95-107.
- “In Search of the Perfect Spouse: John Gower’s Confessio Amantis as a Marriage Manual.” The Dalhousie Review 82 (2002). 113-26. Reprint in Poetry Criticism 59 (2005): 106-13.
- “Pearl and the Translation of Scriptural Paraphrase.” The Medieval Translator/Traduire au Moyen Age 8. Ed. Rosalynn Voaden, René Tixier, Teresa Sanchez Roura, and Jenny Rebecca Rytting. Turnhout: Brepols, 2003. 281-93.
- “Jane Austen Meets Carl Jung: Pride, Prejudice, and Personality Theory.” Persuasions: The Jane Austen Journal On-Line 22.1 (Winter 2001). <http://www.jasna.org/persuasions>.
Selected Publications: Encyclopedia Articles
- “An A.B.C.” The Chaucer Encyclopedia. Edited by Richard Newhauser. Wiley-Blackwell, forthcoming.
Selected Publications: Translations
- “An English Translation of ‘Forunderligt at sige.’” Grundtvig Studier (2012): 145-48
- “A Disputacioun betwyx þe Body and Wormes: A Translation.” Comitatus 31 (2000): 219-34.
Recent Conference Presentations
- “The Other Siblings in Sense and Sensibility.” Jane Austen Society of North America Annual General Meeting: Sense and Sensibility in the City of Gardens. Victoria, BC. 30 September-2 October, 2022.
- “‘Pretty fairly divided between the sexes’: Jane Austen on Gender.” Jane Austen Society of North America Annual General Meeting: 200 Years of Northanger Abbey—“Real, Solemn History.” Williamsburg, VA. 4-6 October 2019.
- “Women and the Sacrament: Purpose, Preparation, and Prayer.” Seminar on Women and Public Worship, 1500-1660, Forty-Seventh Annual Meeting of the Shakespeare Association of America. Renaissance Hotel, Washington, D.C. 17-20 April 2019.
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“Privileging the Written Word in Much Ado About Nothing?” Sixth Annual Symposium on Medieval and Renaissance Studies. Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies, Saint Louis University, St. Louis, MO. 18-20 June 2018.
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“Type Lessons from Jane Austen: Can Fictional Characters Really Be Typed?” Association for Psychological Type International 22nd Annual Conference. Salt Lake City, UT. 18-20 July 2017. With Marvin Rytting.
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“The Female Cities of Christine de Pizan and the Middle English Pearl.” Mid-America Medieval Association XL: Other Worlds. Emporia State University, Emporia, KS. 17 Sept 2016.
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“The Marginalization of Ophelia.” 22nd Annual Arizona Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies Conference: Marginal Figures in the Global Middle Ages and Renaissance. Tempe, AZ. 5-7 February 2016.
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“Equally Happy in the City or the Country, or, The Other Couple in Pride and Prejudice.” Midwestern American Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies Conference: The City in the Eighteenth Century. Kansas City, MO. 17-19 October 2014.
- “Shifting Figurations of Robin Hood's Hero Journeys.” Annual Rocky Mountain Medieval and Renaissance Association Conference. Denver, CO. 11-13 April 2013.
- “A Map Quest: Seeking Computer Models for use with LALME.” 47nd International Congress on Medieval Studies. Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, Michigan. 10-13 May 2012. With Patricia L. Drews.
- “Corpus Christi: Medieval Views of Christ’s Body.” Joint Mormon Scholars in the Humanities and Association of Mormon Letters Conference. Utah Valley University, Orem, UT. 24-26 March 2011.
Other Professional Experience
- Editorial Board Member, BYU Studies, 2021-present.
- Reader, Studies in Medieval and Renaissance Teaching, 2012-present.
- President, Faculty Senate, Northwest Missouri State University, 2019-2020.
- President, Maryville Public Library Board, Maryville, Missouri, 2021-present
- Trustee, Maryville Public Library Board, Maryville, Missouri, 2015-present