The College of

Arts and Sciences

 

PhD, Ohio University

 

Areas of Interest & Expertise

• John Milton and the English Civil War

• 17th-Century British Literature

• Archival records of the English church, state, and parish

• Diplomatic correspondence of the Commonwealth and Protectorate

Recent Courses Taught

Graduate Seminars:

• Shakespeare: Performance, Publication, and Appropriation

• Book History and Four Famous Renaissance Texts

• Milton and the Restoration: Literature, Politics, Culture

Upper Division:

• • Shakespeare

  • Milton

  • Classical Mythology

  • The Bible as Literature

Selected Publications

• A Concise Companion to the Study of Manuscripts, Printed Books, and the Production of Early Modern Texts: A Festschrift for Gordon Campbell. Ed. Edward Jones. Oxford: Wiley-Blackwell, 2015.

• "The Itinerant Sibling: Christopher Milton in London and Suffolk." A Concise Companion to the Study of Manuscripts, Printed Books, and the Production of Early Modern Texts: A Festschrift for Gordon Campbell. Ed. Edward Jones. Oxford: Wiley-Blackwell, 2015. 87-105.

• Young Milton: The Emerging Author: 1620-1642. Ed. Edward Jones. Oxford: Oxford UP, 2013.

• "The Archival Landscape of Milton's Youth, University Years, and Pre-London Residencies." Young Milton: The Emerging Author, 1620-1642. Ed. Edward Jones. Oxford: Oxford UP, 2013. 3-20.

• "Aldersgate Street," "Chalfont St Giles," "Eton," "Thomas Gataker," "Edward Goodall," "John Hales," "Hammersmith." The Milton Encyclopedia. Ed. Thomas Corns. New Haven, CT: Yale UP, 2012.

Selected Conference Presentations

• "Evolving at what Cost? Scholarship in the Second Decade of the 21^st Century." Modern Language Association Annual Convention. Austin, TX. January 2016.

• "Political Diplomacy, Personal Conviction, and the Fraught Nature of Milton's Letters of State." Conference on John Milton. Murfreesboror, TN. October 2015.

• "Miltons in Exeter." Eleventh International Milton Symposium. Exeter, England, July 2015.

• "Milton's Letters of State: Diplomatic Experience and Political Conviction." Renaissance Society of America Meeting. Berlin, Germany,   March 2015.

• "Milton as Parishioner." (Invited Lecture) University of East Anglia, England, March 2015.

• "Milton and Parish Records." (Invited Lecture) University of Exeter, England, March 2015.

• "The Elusive Potential of Gregorio Leti's Collection of Milton's State Papers." British Milton Seminar. Birmingham, England, October 2014.

• "Milton and Marvell as Writers of Diplomatic Letters." (Plenary Speaker) The Marvell Society Annual Meeting. Tucson, AZ, April 2014.

• "Some Thoughts on the Milton Variorum." MLA Convention. Chicago, IL, 2014.  

Awards and Recognition

• Regents Distinguished Research Award, Oklahoma State University, 2015

• Irene Samuel Memorial Award for the Most Distinguished Multi-author Collection on John Milton published in 2013, Milton Society of America, 2014

• English Department Internal Research Release, Oklahoma State University, 2014

• Joan Friedman Fellowship, University of Illinois, 2009

• Carly and Lily Pforzheimer Fellowship, Harry Ransom Center, 2009

• Phoenix Award for Outstanding Graduate Teaching Excellence, Oklahoma State University, 2008

• English Graduate Student Faculty Award, Oklahoma State University, 2008

• Faculty and Staff Appreciation Award, Oklahoma State University, 2007

• Bibliographical Society of London, Madan Award, 2004

• Bibliographical Society of America, Fredson Bowers Award, 2004

• Faculty Mentor Award, Oklahoma State University, 2000

• President's Service Award, Oklahoma State University, 1999

• Regents Distinguished Teaching Award, Oklahoma State University, 1998

• A&S Outstanding Professor Award, Oklahoma State University, 1996

• A&S Outstanding Professor Award, Oklahoma State University, 1993

Professional Appointments

• Regents Professor, Oklahoma State University, 2014

• Elected Member, Northeast Milton Seminar, 2011-

• Professor, Oklahoma State University, 2010

• Member (OSU Representative), Newberry Library Consortium Committee, 2010-

• Visiting Research Fellow, New College, Oxford, 2010

• Member, Programme Committee, International Milton Symposia, 2005-

• Editor, Milton Quarterly, 2005-

• President, Milton Society of America, 2005

• Vice President, Milton Society of America, 2004

• Senior Editor, Milton Quarterly, 2002-04

• Member, Executive Committee, Milton Society of America, 2001-03

Recent Grants

• Scholar Research Grant, Oklahoma Humanities Council, 2013

• Oklahoma State English Department Travel Grant to Collections, 2013

• Newberry Library Research Travel Grant, 2011

• A&S Travel Grant, Oklahoma State University, 2011

• Newberry Library Research Grant, 2010

Current Research

• Milton and the Parish Chest: Documentary Evidence and the Biographical Enterprise

• Milton’s Letters of State, Volume 11, Oxford Complete Works of John Milton

• Paradise Lost, Books 7 and 8 for the Milton Variorum

• The Wiley John Milton Encyclopedia (3 vols), General Editor