Chair, Division of Languages & Literature, Professor of English, Ralph S. Collins Professor in the Humanities
Education
B.A., Yale University; Ph.D., Cornell University
Areas of Expertise
The Middle Ages; English grammar
Teaching Areas
Shakespeare, Chaucer, History of the English Language, Advanced Rhetoric and Grammar, early Western literature
Can Provide Commentary on These Issues
I have done media presentations on Appalachian English and on American dialects.
Other Information
My recent scholarly work has involved computer applications in the humanities: an electronic edition of a Middle English literary work, and digital audio of Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales.