Appendix iii 495William T. Rossiter, Ph.D., instructor of late medieval
literature at the University of Manchester, U.K.
Researches Italian and English lyrics and the
development of the English sonnet.
Robert Allen Rouse, Ph.D., professor of English at
the University of British Columbia, Vancouver.
Publishes on Arthurian literature and Anglo-
Saxon culture.
Jay Ruud, Ph.D., chair of the English Department
at the University of Central Arkansas, Conway.
Publishes on Chaucerian lyrics and medieval
culture, and is completing a critical companion to
Dante for Facts on File.
Gregory M. Sadlek, Ph.D., professor of medieval
English language and literature at Cleveland
State University, Ohio. Publishes on Western
literature of love, classical Rome, and late
Middle Ages.
Anne Salo, M.A., graduate student in comparative
literature, University of California, Davis. Interest
in the politics of poetic vernaculars in 14th-
century Spain and England.
Elizabeth Scala, Ph.D., associate professor of English
and medieval studies at the University of Texas,
Austin. Specialist in the field of Chaucer studies,
currently working on the woodcut editions of the
Canterberuy Tales up to 1550.
Kreg Segall, Ph.D., assistant professor of English at
Suffolk County Community College, Brentwood,
New York. Researches Shakespeare, Spenser, and
Skelton.
John P. Sexton, Ph.D., assistant professor of English
at Bridgewater State College, Massachusetts.
Researches intersections of literature and the law,
and Anglo-Saxon and Anglo-Norman literature.
Christian Sheridan, Ph.D., assistant professor of
English at Saint Xavier University, Chicago,
Illinois. Publishes on Chaucer, Old French
fabliaux, and Robert Henryson.
Larry T. Shillock, Ph.D., associate professor of
English and Drusilla Stevens Mazur Research
Professor at Wilson College, Chambersburg,
Pennsylvania. Publishes on the history of the
novel and critical theory.
Margaret M. Simon, Ph.D. candidate, University of
Virginia, Charlottesville. Researches self-loss in
16th- and 17th-century lyric and prose romance.
Emily Smith, Ph.D. Publishes on Margaret Cavendish,
Frances Brooke, domestic manuscript writing, and
literary documents.
R. L. Smith, Ph.D., candidate at the University of
Texas, Austin, working on women dramatists of
the Tudor period.
William H. Smith, Ph.D. Teaches English at
Weatherford College, Texas. Researches medieval
scientific texts and Old English religious literature.
Larry J. Swain, Ph.D., instructor at the University
of Illinois, Chicago. Interests in Hiberno-
Latin literature, early Christian Ireland, and
paleography.
Louise Sylvester, Ph.D., senior lecturer in English at
the University of Westminster (UK). Publishes on
pedagogy, Arthurian literature, and gender studies.
Annemarie Thijms, Ph.D. candidate, Trinity College,
Dublin. Specializes in 16th-century Plowman texts
and St. Erkenwald.
Sebastiaan Verweij, M.A. Teaches Scottish literature at
Glasgow University, Scotland. Researches courtly
culture, manuscript production, and circulation.
Kathryn R. Vulic, Ph.D., assistant professor of English
at Western Washington University, Bellingham.
Publishes on late medieval vernacular devotional
literature and devotional writings.
Dianne Walbeck, senior English (Lit) major at Minot
State University, North Dakota.
Lori A. Wallach, Ph.D. candidate, City University of
New York Graduate Center. Specializes in teaching
writing and literature courses.
Gary Waller, Ph.D., professor of literature, cultural
studies, and drama at State University of New
York, Purchase. Publishes in 16th-century poetry
and examines the Virgin Mary and sexuality.
J. A. White, Ph.D., assistant professor of English at
Morgan State University, Baltimore, Maryland.
Specializes in medieval and Renaissance literature,
psychology and literature, and popular culture.
Thomas Willard, Ph.D., associate professor of English
at the University of Arizona, Tucson. Currently