Teaching

My role in teaching medieval literature is to be an improvisational guide, leading students on a journey from unfamiliarity to understanding. In my teaching, I emphasize the commonalities in human emotions and experiences across considerable temporal distances. It is immensely valuable to become familiar with a culture that, on the surface, seems so different from our own. This experience prepares students for encounters with the unfamiliar in any cross-cultural context, and grounds their experiences in a more multifaceted understanding of human life.

Saint Anselm College

On leave 2021-22

Spring 2021

  • English 233: Studies in Medieval Literature: British Literature to 1500
  • English 105: First-Year Writing

Winter 2020-21

  • English 190: The Digital Medieval Book

Fall 2020

  • English 355: Introduction to General Linguistics
  • English 105: First-Year Writing

Spring 2020

  • English 333: Medieval Literatures of the North Atlantic World: Connections, Conquests, Migrations
  • English 106: Introduction to Literary Studies
  • English 154: Imagining the Middle Ages in Modern Fiction

Fall 2019

  • English 233: Studies in Medieval Literature: British Literature to 1500
  • English 355: Introduction to General Linguistics
  • English 105: Freshman English

Spring 2019

  • English 154: Imagining the Middle Ages in Modern Fiction
  • English 354: Introduction to Literary Theory
  • English 105: Freshman English

Fall 2018

  • English 333: Legends and Myths of King Arthur
  • English 355: Introduction to General Linguistics

Stanford University

Spring 2018

  • English 122/DLCL 122: The Life Cycle of the Book: Medieval Manuscripts and Digital Humanities

Harvard University

Spring 2015 (Teaching Assistant)

  • Culture and Belief 51: Making the Middle Ages

Fall 2014 (Teaching Assistant)

  • Culture and Belief 45: History of the English Language
  • Medieval Studies 202: Latin Paleography and Manuscript Culture
  • Celtic 114: Early Irish Historical Tales

Spring 2014 (Teaching Assistant)

  • Culture and Belief 51: Making the Middle Ages

Spring 2014 (Instructor)

  • Celtic 129r: Intermediate Modern Welsh

Fall 2013 (Instructor)

  • Celtic 128: Beginning Modern Welsh