I teach. I think. I write.
My main teaching and research interests are in religion, literature, and philosophy. I am particularly interested in the history of ideas in the late Middle Ages and early Renaissance. My doctoral work (which I completed in 1999 at the University of Connecticut) involved the English recusant writings of the Jesuit Robert Parsons.
I am currently writing a book on the Glossa Ordinaria, to be published by the University of Wales Press.
My teaching assignment at Russell Sage College is ambitious. I teach Early British Literature, Medieval and Renaissance surveys, Advanced Linguistics, and a bevy of other courses. Some semesters I teach seminars, such as one on Heaven and Hell, or Hamlet in Hyperspace (a seminar in writing and technology). You can find links to my classes in the "my teaching" section of the home page.
In the past I have also taught at Black Hills State University, the University of Connecticut, the Lyme Academy of Fine Arts, and Manchester Community College.
In addition to other on-campus activities and service, I am the advisor for Sigma Tau Delta, the English Honors Society, and I am also the advisor for an on-campus support group for single mothers.
I am also the editor of the Gregory of Nyssa HomePage. The page contains information and translations of Gregory of Nyssa's works. The translations were done by Brother Casimir McCambly of St. Joseph's Abbey in Spencer, MA. The Gregory material was published on a CD-ROM by The Great American Publishing Society in 1999. I also edit the Lectio Divina Page. And an ongoing project has been The Richard Rolle Home Page, which will eventually contain hypertext editions of Rolle's works. In 1999 I completed work on Contemplation With The Muse, a website for Marilyn Nelson (currently the Poet Laureate of Connecticut), funded by a Contemplative Practices Fellowship. In August 2001 I presented
a paper on the technology of space at the PAIDEIA Retreat in Northwestern Ontario.I own the on-line discussion group, Mystic-L, devoted to the academic discussion of mysticism. I wrote the Online Study Guide for New Ways of Writing by Kyle Knowles and Susan Miller.
As if that's not enough, I conduct seminars like this one: "Using Multimedia and the Internet in Humanities Courses," for faculty and teaching assistants in the UConn English Department and in other departments and high schools. This is the link for a a shared research presentation I did for the UConn English Department; I conducted a similar workshop for UConn Medieval Studies. Finally, here's a copy of my complete Curriculum Vitae in downloadable .rtf format (will open in Word for most).