Chad D. Judkins

EDUCATION

Ph.D., English, Purdue University, Expected May 2013.

Primary Focus: Medieval Literature.

Secondary Focus: History of the English Language.

M.A., English, Kent State University, 2008.

B.A., English, Michigan State University, 2005.

B.A., Ancient Studies (Latin and Greek), Michigan State University, 2005.

  

DISSERTATION

“King Alfred’s Literary Resources, Program of Legitimation, and Carolingian Influences.”

Director: Shaun F. D. Hughes. Committee Members: Dorsey Armstrong, Paul W. White, John J. Contreni.

  

HONORS AND AWARDS

Peter C. Braeger Memorial Award for Best Essay on the Middle Ages by a Graduate Student. 80^th Annual Purdue Literary Awards, Purdue University, 2011.

Travel Award, IDIS—Classics, Purdue University, Summer 2010. Conventiculum Dickinsoniense Conversational Latin Workshop. Dickinson College, PA.

Travel Award, Conference Presentation Funding, Department of English, Kent State University, Spring 2007.

 

CONFERENCES

Conferences Organized:

9th Annual Comitatus Graduate Symposium, Feb 4th-5th, 2011: The History of the Book: Texts and Reception. Raised and administered $1100 of funding.

Sessions Chaired:

“Cognitive Approaches to the Middle Ages I: Theory of Mind and Literature,” 47th International Congress on Medieval Studies, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI. May 10-13, 2012.

“Humorous Outlaws.” International Congress on Medieval Studies. Kalamazoo, Michigan. Western Michigan University, May 12-16^th, 2010.

“Reception and Performance.” 8^th Annual Purdue Comitatus Graduate Medieval Conference. Purdue University. 6 February 2010.

“Saints, Sinners, and Manuscripts.” 7^th Annual Purdue Comitatus Graduate Medieval Conference.PurdueUniversity.20 February 2009.

Speakers Arranged:

“Inspiring the Ellesmere Chaucer Glosses: Contemporary Models for Latin Marginalia with Ambivalent Voicing,” by Kathryn Kerby-Fulton (University of Notre Dame), Keynote Address, 9^th Annual Comitatus Graduate Symposium, Feb. 5^th, 2011.

“Arthur’s Crown: Medieval Gems, Crowns, and Manuscripts,” by Genevra Kornbluth, Comitatus Spring Lecture, Jan 21st, 2011. Raised $1100 of ad hoc funding.

Papers Presented:

“King Alfred’s Literary Resources and His Reliance on Bede’s Example,” 47th International Congress on Medieval Studies, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI. May 10-13, 2012.

“Comitatus: A Discussion on Purdue’s Graduate Medieval Reading Group,” in Coming Together to Study: On Reading Groups in Graduate Programs (A Roundtable), 46th International Congress on Medieval Studies, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI, May 12-15, 2011.

“Word-Play in the Riddle of The Husband’s Message.” 44^th International Congress of Medieval Studies, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI, May 7-10, 2009.

 

TEACHING

Instructor, Purdue University:

English 23000: Great Narrative Works (Fall 2011, enrollment: 26).

English 10600: First-Year Composition (Seven sections from Fall 2008-2011, enrollment: 16-20).

Learning Community: Engineering Projects in Community Service, Fall 2010.

Learning Community: Understanding People and Society, Fall 2009.

Latin 20100: Latin Level III (Fall 2010, enrollment: 22).

Latin 10200: Latin Level II (Spring 2010, enrollment: 18).

Latin 10100: Latin Level I (Fall 2009, enrollment: 26).

Instructor, Kent State University:

English 11011: College Writing I (Four sections from 2007-2008, enrollment 15-25).

Conversational Instructor, Lycée Grand Technique Franklin Roosevelt, French Ministry of Education, Reims, France:

Conversational instructor for twelve hours of English courses per week, 2005-2006.

First-Year Latin Tutor, Department of French, Classics, and Italian, Michigan State University, 2004-2005.

Private Tutoring:

Sole proprietor of Judkins Tutoring: English, Latin, and standardized test preparation. April 2011 – Present.

 

SERVICE TO PROFESSION

Arthuriana: The Journal of Arthurian Studies, Marketing Assistant, 2009-Present.

President, Comitatus Graduate Student Medieval Organization, 2010-2011. Raised and administered $2300 in funding.

Elected Member, Literary Awards Committee, Purdue University, 2010-2011.

Vice-President, Comitatus Graduate Student Medieval Organization, 2009-2010.

 

VOLUNTEER ACTIVITIES

Performer, “Chaucer’s Parliament of Fowles,” Read Aloud Performance, 9^th Annual Comitatus Graduate Symposium, Feb 5-6, 2011.

 

OTHER PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

AP Reader, English Literature Exam, Educational Testing Service, Princeton, NJ, Summer 2009, 2010, 2011.

Editorial and Research Assistant for Dr. Robert Trogdon, Institute for Bibliography and Editing, Kent State University, 2006-2007.

 

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

Conventiculum Dickinsoniense: Conversational Latin Workshop, Terence Tunberg, Dickinson College, Carlisle, Pennsylvania, July 5-11, 2010.

English 50500B: Teaching First-Year Composition, Karen Schiler, Purdue University, Spring 2009. 3 credit practicum.

English 50500A: Teaching First-Year Composition, Karen Schiler. Purdue University, Fall 2008. 3 credit practicum.

Teaching Composition Mentor Group. Geraldine Winter, Kent State University, Spring 2007.

English 61094: Teaching College Writing. Briat Huot, Kent State University, Fall 2006. 3 credit seminar.

GCOL 61093: Workshop in College Teaching. Multiple instructors. Kent State University. August 2006. 1 credit.

 

RESEARCH AND TEACHING INTERESTS

Medieval Literature and Culture

Alfredian and Carolingian Studies

Medieval Education and Literacy

Literary Production and Patronage

Medieval World and Culture

History of the English Language

Carolingian Europe

Oral tradition and poetry

Chaucer

Shakespeare

Anglo-Latin Prose

Old and Middle English

Old Norse

Old French

Classical and Medieval Latin

Composition

 

LANGUAGE BACKGROUND

Research Proficiency:

Old and Middle English

Old and Modern French

Classical and Medieval Latin

Old Norse

Familiarity:

Ancient Greek

Modern German

 

MEMBERSHIPS

International Society of Anglo-Saxonists

Medieval Academy of America

Modern Language Association of America

Early English Text Society

International Marie de France Society

 

REFERENCES

Shaun F. D. Hughes, Professor of English, Director of English Language and Linguistics and Medieval and Renaissance Studies, Purdue University.

Department of English                                    Phone: (765) 494-3776

Heavilon Hall, 500 Oval Dr.                            E-mail: sfdh@purdue.edu

Purdue University

West Lafayette, IN 47907

 

Dorsey Armstrong, Associate Professor of English, Assistant Director of Medieval and Renaissance Studies, Purdue University, General Editor of Arthuriana: The Journal of Arthurian Studies.

Department of English                                    Phone: (765) 494-8576

Heavilon Hall, 500 Oval Dr.                            E-mail: darmstrong@purdue.edu

Purdue University

West Lafayette, IN 47907

 

Paul W. White, Professor of English, Director of Medieval and Renaissance Studies, Purdue University.

Department of English                                    Phone: (765) 494-3740

Heavilon Hall, 500 Oval Dr.                            E-mail: pwhite@purdue.edu

Purdue University

West Lafayette, IN 47907

 

John J. Contreni, Professor of History, Purdue University.

Department of History                         Phone: (765) 418-1866

University Hall, 672 Oval Dr.               E-mail: contreni@purdue.edu

Purdue University

West Lafayette, IN 47907