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Professor
My teaching
and research interests focus on medieval literature and language.
I'm particularly s
on social anxieties associated with change and variation in the
history of English.interested in the ways in which language
uses in literature and everyday settings relate to one another
and also in the relations between the disciplines of linguistics
and literary studies. To this end, I regularly teach courses
on Chaucer, Old English, and the history of the English language.
I've published eight books, forty articles, and thirty reviews on topics ranging from early print culture, to scribal practice, to medieval multilingualism, to Chaucer's translation practices, to the history of English. My most recent books are a revised version of my edition of the old Norse poem Vafþrúðnismáll (Toronto, 2008), Chaucer's 'Boece' (Carl Winter, 2008), and Sources of the 'Boece' (Georgia, 2005), which contains critical texts of Chaucer's Latin and French sources. In 2009 my book Language Anxiety, which concentrates on social conflicts associated with change and variation in the history of English, will appear from Oxford University Press. I continue to work on the history of English and on the standardization of English in the early modern period in particular.
Teaching Fields
- English Linguistics
- Medieval Literature
- Old Norse Literature
Office
Location & Contact
Office
Hours
- Fall 2007
- Spring 2008
- SABBATICAL
Teaching
Schedule
Research Interests
- Medieval Literature
- Linguistics
Selected Publications
- Vafþrúðnismál, 2nd edn. Toronto, 2008.
- Chaucer's 'Boece.' Carl Winter, 2007.
- Sources of the 'Boece.' Georgia, 2005.
- English in the Middle Ages. Oxford, 2003.
- Textual Criticism and Middle English Texts. University Press of Virginia, 1994.
- English in Its Social Contexts: Essays in Historical Sociolinguistics. Ed. with Charles T. Scott. Oxford, 1992.
- Medieval Literature: Texts and Interpretation. Ed. Medieval and Renaissance Texts and Studies, 1991.
- Vafþrúðnismál. Durham Medieval Texts, 1988.
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Techniques of Translation: Chaucer’s “Boece.” Pilgrim Books, 1985.   
Honors/Awards
- British Academy travel grants
- Jo Ann Boydston prize, the Association for Documentary Editing,
- Summer Faculty Fellowships (Marquette)
- American Council of Learned Societies travel grants
- National Endowment for the Humanities Fellowship for University Teachers
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