Education:
Ph.D., 1985, Stanford University, Stanford, California
M.A., 1977, Stanford University, Stanford, California
A.B., 1975, Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, New York
Academic Positions:
Professor Emerita of History, Gender and Women’s Studies, and Medieval Studies, University of Illinois, 2014-present
Professor of History, Gender and Women’s Studies, and Medieval Studies, University of Illinois, 2012-14
Associate Professor of History and Gender and Women’s Studies, University of Illinois, 1992-2012
Assistant Professor of History, University of Illinois, 1985-92
Visiting Assistant Professor of History, University of Illinois, 1983-85
Instructor, Department of History, Tufts University, 1982-83
Academic Address:
Department of History
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
309 Gregory Hall, 810 South Wright Street
Urbana, Illinois 61801
E-mail: [email protected]
Research Interests:
Autism and human rights
Medieval European history
Books:
What Today Withholds: Autism and Human Rights in the United States (in progress)
Sex, Gender, and Episcopal Authority in an Age of Reform, 1000-1122. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2010
Consorting with Saints: Prayer for the Dead in Early Medieval France. Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press, 1994
Articles:
“The Church as Bride in Norman England,” in Martin Aurell, ed., Stratégies matrimoniales (IXe-XIIIe siècles). Turnhout: Brepols, 2013
“Disgusting Acts of Shamelessness: Sexual Misconduct and the Deconstruction of Royal Authority in the Eleventh Century,” Early Medieval Europe 19 (2011), 312-31
“The Bishop in the Bedroom: Witnessing Episcopal Sexuality in an Age of Reform,” Journal of the History of Sexuality 19: 1 (2010): 17-34
“Women and Men,” pp. 187-99 in Miri Rubin and Walter Simons, ed., The Cambridge History of Christianity, vol. 4: Christianity in Western Europe c. 1000-c. 1500. Cambridge, Eng.: Cambridge University Press, 2009
“Spiritual and Secular Fatherhood in the Eleventh Century,” pp. 25-43 in Jacqueline Murray, ed., Conflicted Identities and Multiple Masculinities: Men in the Medieval West. New York: Garland Press, 1999
“The Bishop as Bridegroom: Marital Imagery and Clerical Celibacy in the Eleventh and Twelfth Centuries,” pp. 209-37 in Michael Frassetto, ed., Medieval Purity and Piety: Essays on Medieval Clerical Celibacy and Religious Reform. New York: Garland Press, 1998
“Abominable Mingling: Father-Daughter Incest and the Law,” Medieval Feminist Newsletter 24 (Fall, 1997): 26-30
“On Feminism and Medievalism: Musings from a Prone Position.” Medieval Feminist Newsletter 19 (Spring, 1995), 21-23
“The Twelfth-Century Ritual of Death and Burial at Saint-Jean-en-Vallée in the Diocese of Chartres.” Revue Bénédictine 105 (1995), 155-66
“‘Familiarity and Love’: Noble Friendship and Liturgical Commemoration in the Twelfth and Thirteenth Centuries.” Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the Western Society for French History 18 (1991), 60-69
“Gender Paradox and the Otherness of God.” Gender & History 3 (1991), 147-59
“On Communion with the Dead.” Journal of Medieval History 17 (1991), 23-34
“The Woman Warrior: Gender, Warfare and Society in Medieval Europe.” Women’s Studies 17 (1990), 193-209
Articles in Reference Works:
“Celibacy of the Clergy”; “Gregorian Reform” in The Oxford Dictionary of the Middle Ages, ed. Robert Bjork. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2010
Blog Posts on Autism:
Editorial Work:
Journal of Women’s History: Guest Editor (with Elizabeth Pleck) for special issue on domestic violence
Manuscript Reviewer for:
Church History, French Historical Studies, Signs, Journal of Women’s History, Journal of Interdisciplinary History, Journal of the History of Sexuality, Oxford University Press, Bedford/St. Martin’s Press, Pennsylvania State University Press
Grant Reviewer for:
American Council of Learned Societies
Honors and Research Awards:
UIUC Research Board Grants, 2011, 1997-98, 1994-95,
1993-94, 1992-93, 1991-92, 1990-91,1988, 1986-87, 1985
Margaret Whiting Fellowship, 1979-80
Georges Lurcy Fellowship for Study in France, 1978-79
Stanford Fellowship, 1975-78
Honorary Vassar Fellowship, 1975
General and Departmental Honors, Vassar College, 1975
Phi Beta Kappa
Teaching Awards:
William F. Prokasy Prize for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, UIUC, 1995
Humanities Award for Excellence in Teaching, 1995
Queen Prize for Excellence in Teaching, Department of History, 1991
Amoco Award for Innovation in Undergraduate Education, 1991 (with Anne D. Hedeman)
Undergraduate Instructional Award, 1989 (with Anne D. Hedeman)
Service to the History Department, University of Illinois:
Executive Committee, Admissions Committee, Graduate Studies Committee, Undergraduate Studies Committee, Teaching Awards Committee, Ethical Conduct Liaison Officer, various search committees
Service to the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, University of Illinois:
Faculty Advisory Committee, Teaching Awards Committee, LAS Teaching Academy
Service to the University of Illinois:
George A. Miller Committee, Faculty Senate, ICES Review Committee, Campus Faculty Association (President, member of the Executive Committee)
Volunteer Services to the Disability Community:
Volunteer Advocacy Program (for families seeking IEP or 504 accommodations)
Volunteer Services to the Immigrant Community:
Project Read (ESL and literacy)