I. Personal
 Canadian
citizen
II. Education
Ph.D
in Medieval Literature, University of Toronto;
Dissertation
(defended June 2002):
“The Inexpressible Self: Biblical Autobiography in the Poetry
of Walter of Wimborne and The Book of Margery Kempe.”
Supervisor: A.G. Rigg
M.A.
Medieval Studies, University of Toronto; 1998
B.Ed
Dramatic Arts Specialist; 1981
B.Ed
English Specialist, ESL; 1978
B.A.
Honours English, University of Toronto; 1977
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III. Languages
Competent
in French, Latin, Middle English, Old French
Reading
knowledge of German, Italian, Spanish, Anglo-Saxon
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IV. Awards and Honours
SSHRC
Post-Doctoral Fellowship 2002-2003:
supervisor: Nicholas Watson (Harvard University)
Offered
Postdoctoral Fellowship in the Humanities 2002-2003 at the University
of Toronto
SSHRC Scholarship;
1999-2002
Ontario
Graduate Scholarship; 1998-99
University
of Toronto Open Fellowship; 1997-98
Winner
of the EVENT Creative Essay Competition; 1995
CBC/Saturday
Night Literary Competition finalist; 1994
Nominated
for Actra for Best Writer: Documentary/Public Affairs; 1992
Journey
Prize finalist; 1990
B’Nai
Brith Radio Human Rights Award for Radio Documentary; 1985
The
Gabriel Award for Excellence in Radio Broadcasting (USA); 1985
The
Armstrong Award for Excellence in Radio Broadcasting (USA); 1985
Lawrence
K. Shook Scholarship for Graduate Studies in English Literature
(University of Toronto); offered, 1977
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V. Research
Academic Publications:
Awaiting
publication: “Rhyming Patterns and Structures of Meaning in
the Stanzaic Morte Arthur”: Arthuriana
Awaiting
publication: “Amplifications of the Virgin: Play and Empowerment
in Walter of Wimborne’s Marie Carmina”
(in Virginity Revisited, edited by Bonnie McLaughlin, Manchester
UP)
SSHRC Postdoctoral
Project:
“Absent God, Present Self: medieval narrative strategies for
rewriting God’s Word" For a description go to research.
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Conference papers:
(For further details go to: conferences)
Proposed:
Power and Authority: “The grammar of martyrdom: Augustine
and Prudentius on classroom punishment”; Leeds, July 2003
Organizer
of Session: “Anglo-Latin Grammar-School Education, In Honor
of A. G. Rigg.” Paper: "Walter of Winborne: Confessions
of a Schoolboy's Whip." Medieval Acadamy of America, April
2003.
Organizer of Session: Anglo-Latin Education in Honor of A.G. Rigg.
Paper to be given: "To the boys whose whip I am: the dedications
of Walter of Wimborne”; “38th International Congress
on Medieval Studies,Kalamazoo, May 2003
“Caring for the spiritually gifted: the struggles and strategies
of Margery Kempe’s confessors,” 37th International Congress
on Medieval Studies,Kalamazoo, May 2-5, 2002
“Mevynggys and Steringgys: weather and agency in The Book
of Margery Kempe”; “Women in Motion”: Graduate
Conference, Cornell University, Mar. 1-2, 2002
“The
Virgin’s Foot: the poetics of transgression in the Marie Carmina
of Walter of Wimborne”; 36th International Congress on Medieval
Studies, Kalamazoo, May 3-6, 2001
“On the Road to Canterbury”; presented at 11th Interdisciplinary
Feminist Graduate Colloquium, York University, 2000
“Staking Mary’s Claim: three marian encyclopedias of
the thirteenth Century”; presented at International Medieval
Congress, Leeds, July 12-15, 1999
“Return to the Father: incest and national consciousness in
Chaucer’s Man of Law’s Tale”; presented at Intersections:
Medieval and Postmodern Forms, Theory and Semiotics, at McMaster
University, May 28-30, 1999
“The Virgin Bride: Walter of Wimborne’s amplifications
of the Virgin Mary”; presented at Virginity Revisited: Ancient
and Modern Configurations of Sexual Renunciation, at University
of Western Ontario, Oct. 2-4, 1998
“Mary’s Measure: physical purity and the frame of The
King of Tars”; presented at Frames and Framing in Medieval,
Renaissance and Baroque Culture, at University of Western Ontario,
Mar 6-7, 1998
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VI. Teaching
Chaucer:
sessional instructor, Department of English, University of Toronto,
2002-2003
Chaucer:
TA for Prof. Will Robins, summer 2002
Major British Writers: TA for Prof. A.M. Leggatt, 2001-2002
Short Story Collection: TA for Prof. W.D. Shaw, summer 2001
Narrative: TA for Prof. Deborah Esch, 2000-2001
Teacher of English, Dramatic Arts, and ESL for the Toronto Board
of Education: contract and long-term occasional positions in secondary
schools across Toronto, 1978-97
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VII. Other Writing
Poems, short stories and essays:
In various
publications, 1982-2001
Theatre:
“Beauty
and the Beast of the Oracle”; original play, produced by Young
People’s Theatre, Toronto, 1992
CBC Radio Productions:
“Public
Spaces”; documentary, aired on Ideas(I hr), 1996
“The One About Coyote”; dramatization of story by Thomas
King: Stereo Drama (I hr), 1996
“The Famished Road”; dramatization of Ben Okri’s
novel, aired on Stereo Drama (2 hrs), 1994
“Seder”; original drama, aired on Morningside Drama
(1 hr), 1994
“One with a Master”; original drama, aired on Morningside
Drama (1 hr), 1994
“Corner Store Jenny”; original drama, aired on Morningside
Drama (1 hr), 1994
“Mama My Mountain”; original drama, aired on Morningside
Drama (1 hr), 1993
“July’s People”; dramatization of Nadine Gordimer’s
novel, aired on Stereo Drama (1 hr), 1992
“Grant House: Women and Addiction”; documentary, aired
on Ideas (2 hrs), 1992
“Night: a reflection on women and violence”; documentary,
aired on Ideas (1 hr), 1991
“An
Athabasca Story: Alberta’s pioneer black settlers”;
documentary, aired on Ideas (1 hr), 1990
“Swimming Lessons”; dramatization of Rohinton Mistry’s
stories; aired on Stereo Drama (1 hr), 1990
“Night Travellers”; dramatization of Sandra Birdsell’s
stories; aired on Morningside Drama, 1989
“To Endure and Bear Witness: Anna Akhmatova, Soviet poet and
dissident”; documentary, aired on Ideas (2 hrs), 1989
“Wasteland Gardens: the Japanese Canadian internment and dispersal”;
aired on Ideas (2 hrs), 1988
“The Tomorrow Tamer”; dramatization of Margaret Laurence’s
stories; aired on Morningside Drama (1.5 hrs), 1988
“Lives Together, Worlds Apart: interracial marriage”;
documentary, aired on Ideas (1 hr), 1987
“Family Circles: one family’s experience of schizophrenia”;
documentary, aired on Ideas (2 hrs), 1985
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