Most of you probably aren't that interested in my education, but I spent considerable time, effort, money (my parents' as well as my own), sanity (mine, my wife's, my family's, my advisor's . . .) in getting it, so here it is.

• PhD (ABD) - The Pennsylvania State University
  Dissertation title:  After Troilus: Translation, Interpretation, and Medieval Poetics in Chaucer's Later Works
  
  I really liked my dissertation topic, but the sad fact is that there just aren't that many jobs teaching medieval literature.  I still love the literature; I just can't justify killing myself to finish the dissertation when the best I could do is scut work teaching composition at some community college (and that's if I'm lucky).  Or, as one wag put it, "I though I wanted a career; turns out I just wanted a decent paycheck."
  
  Comprehensive Examination Fields
  • Medieval Literature
    Major Author:  Geoffrey Chaucer
  • Renaissance / 17th Century
  • Poetry
    Major Genre:  Epic
  • Theory
    
• MA (English)- The University of Alabama, 1990
  
• BA - The University of Alabama, 1986
  Major - English
  Minor - Advertising

A formal résumé is available upon request.

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