Expertise

Fields of interest:

  • Medieval Literature and Culture, Critical Theory, Cultural Studies, Humanities, Linguistics/English Language, Poetry, Women's Studies, Feminism/Gender/Sexuality.

Matlock’s research concentrates on poetic disputes and explores how surviving Middle English examples adapt the formal structures of academic thought to address, and often critique, issues of vital interest to popular audiences.

Her teaching interests range from medieval literature to contemporary medievalism.


Subject Areas:

  • Medieval Literature and/or Culture
  • Critical Theory
  • Cultural Studies
  • Women's Studies/Feminism/Gender/Sexuality.
Past Affiliations

Associate Professor, Department of English, College of Arts and Sciences, Kansas State University

Associate Professor, Gender, Women, and Sexuality Studies Department, College of Arts and Sciences, Kansas State University

Assistant Professor, Department of English, College of Arts and Sciences, Kansas State University

Gender, Women, and Sexuality Studies Department, College of Arts and Sciences, Kansas State University

Associate Faculty, Gender, Women, and Sexuality Studies Department, College of Arts and Sciences, Kansas State University

Assistant Professor, English Department, College of Arts and Letters, California State University, Sacramento (past)

Communities
Women's Studies, English, Gender Studies
Degrees
PhD, Ohio State University, 2003
BA, Northwestern University
MA, University of Wyoming
Keywords
medieval language or literature english language or literature rhetoric middle english poetic disputes geoffrey chaucer