Research Interests
- medieval literature; cultural studies; Chaucer; critical theory
He teaches mostly courses on medieval literature (especially Chaucer), English Comedy, and core surveys in Early British Literature. His classes mix discussion with socio-economic and historical background and anecdotal information; he is particularly interested in how texts depict the culture in which they were produced. Language is also an important aspect to his pedagogy, because no matter how much you play with it, you can't break it.
My research has focused mostly on the intersection of medieval culture with its literature, having particular emphasis on fourteenth-century English literature. I have published articles that sought to examine how medieval authors represented their culture and how the texts that they read shaped their intellectual universe.
Some of my articles have also examined issues relating to sovereign power and its abuses.
