Career History

· 2004-Current, Graduate Teaching Assistant – Primary Instructor, University of Alberta, Department of English. English 112, English Literature in Historical Perspective, thirty-eight students. Responsibilities include preparing lectures, leading three one-hour classes each week, marking essays and exams, and consulting with students.

· 2001-Current, PhD Candidate, University of Alberta, Department of English. Primary field: medieval drama; Secondary field: popular culture.

· 2000-2001, Instructor, Grant MacEwan College. Responsibilities included teaching English 111 (Communications) and English 101 (Critical Reading and Writing).

· January-April, 2000, Research Assistant (Stage Manager/Assistant Director), University of British Columbia. Responsibilities included coordinating actors and technical crews, leading warm-ups and rehearsals, and providing general assistance to the director.

· 1998-2000, Teaching Assistant, University of British Columbia. Responsibilities included leading a one hour discussion group of thirty students once a week, marking essays and exams, and consulting with students.

· 1986-1998, Instructional Designer, Christie Communications. Responsibilities included instructional design; researching, writing, and editing training materials; desktop publishing; web page authoring; and client liaison.

Education

· University of British Columbia, Master of Arts, focus on late medieval drama, 2000.

· University of Alberta, Bachelor of Arts, Honour’s English, First Class Honours, 1996.

· Advanced High School Diploma with Excellence, Victoria Composite High School, 1992. Advanced Placement in English Literature, European History, Biology, Physics.

Publications

· “Thei Stodyn upon Stolys for to Beheldyn Hir”: Margery Kempe and the Power of Performance.” Studia Anglica Posnaniensia 38, 2002: 93-103.

Conference Papers and Presentations

· “Death Warmed Over: Lazarus in Late Medieval Art and Drama.” Speaking with the Dead: Interactions with the Medieval and Early Modern Periods. Second Annual Graduate Student Colloquium of the Medieval and Early Modern Institute, University of Alberta, 9 December 2004.

· “Confluence: Ideas, Identities, Place/Ideés, identités, lieu.” Round Table/Table ronde. Canadian Society of Medievalists Session, Congress of the Social Sciences and Humanities, University of Manitoba, 1 June 2004.

· “The Power of Performance: Performativity in Margery Kempe’s Female Mysticism.” 37th International Congress on Medieval Studies, Western Michigan University, 2 May 2002.

· “Knowledge, Institutions, and Intellectuals: English Departments at Grant MacEwan College and The University of Alberta.” Public Works, University of Alberta, 25 Feb 2002.

· “Beyond the City Limits? The Masons and the York Cycle.” 36th International Congress on Medieval Studies, Western Michigan University, 5 May 2001.

· “Medieval Theatre, Medieval Labour.” Canadian Society of Medievalists, HSSFC Congress, University of Alberta, 25 May 2000.

· “The Power of Performance: Margery Kempe’s Performative Mysticism.” Medieval Association of the Pacific, Victoria, B.C., 27 February 2000.

· “Lazarus: The Living Dead.” 5th Annual Anthropology/ Sociology Symposium, University of British Columbia, 6 April 1999.

· “More Than Your Echo: An Analysis of Descent Imagery in Margaret Atwood’s Poetry.” Second Annual Honour’s Symposium, University of Alberta, April 1996.

· “Rape in The Plain Dealer.” First Annual Honour’s Symposium, University of Alberta, April 1995.

Awards and Honours

· Sarah Nettie Christie Travel Bursary, 2003.

· Walter H. Johns Graduate Fellowship, 2002, 2003, 2004.

· SSHRC Doctoral Fellowship, 2002-2005.

· University of Alberta PhD Scholarship, 2001-2003.

· Deans Honours List, 1992-1996.

· Alexander Rutherford Scholarship, 1992.

· Magna Cum Laude, National Latin Examination, 1991.

Theatrical Experience

· Acting – The Hypochondriac (2004); A Grad School Grease (2003); The Way of the World (2003); R.U.R. (2002); Green College Corpus Christi (1998); Superculture (1994); Lysistrata (1992).

· Theatre Production – Board Member, FOH and Volunteer Coordination Portfolios (Sound and Fury Theatre, 2001-present); Director (The Nice Wanton, 2003); Stage Manager (The Way of the World); Stage Manager/Assistant Director (The Wood Carver’s Wife, 2000); Co-Director (Twelfth Night, 2000); Director (Green College Corpus Christi, 1998); Assistant to the Director (Othello and Tempest, 1997); Stage Manager (Troilus and Cressida, 1996); Assistant Costumer (The Merchant of Venice, 1995); Costume Director (The Tallest Man in Tupperware Ohio, 1993); Costume Director (Alone, 1992).