Christina McCarter

mccarter@purdue.edu
Purdue University
Department of English
West Lafayette, In 47906

Education
Degrees
Doctorate of Philosophy, Medieval English Literature (Expected Spring 2019)
Purdue University
Advisor: Robyn Malo
Courses: Chaucers Canterbury Tales. Robyn Malo. Fall 15; Philosophy of Medieval
Christianity. Jeffrey Brower. Fall 2015; Tragedy. Sandor Goodhart. Fall 15; Arthurian
Literature. Dorsey Armstrong. Spring 2015; Middle English Literature. Dorsey Armstrong.
Spring 2015; Middle English Language. Michael Johnston. Fall 2014.
Master of Arts, English 2014
University of Oregon
Advisor: Anne Laskaya
Courses: Early Modern Selfhood. Lara Bovilsky. Winter 2014; Spensers Faerie Queene.
George Rowe. Fall 2013; Old English I, II, III. James Earl, Stephanie Clark, Martha Bayless,
2012-2013; Superhero Theory. Benjamin Saunders. Spring 2013; Old French Romance.
(Independent Study) Anne Laskaya. Spring 2013; Textual Fault-lines. Anne Laskaya. Winter
2013; Medieval Gift Theory. Stephanie Clark. Fall 2012.
Bachelor of Arts, English 2012
University of Wisconsin-Parkside
Advisor: Dana Oswald

Scholarship
Honors and Awards
Teresa Peck Award for Papers on Women and Gender Studies, 2011, 1st place
Sigma Tau Delta Student Leadership Award, 2012
Sigma Tau Delta, English Honor Society, Inducted Spring 2011
Phi Eta Sigma, Honors Society, Inducted Spring 2008
Deans List, Spring 2007, Spring 2009, Fall 2010, Spring 2010
Provosts List, Fall 2007, Fall 2010, Spring 2010

Presentations, Panels, and Posters

Moderator of Panel: Scandinavian Studies. International Congress on Medieval Studies.
Kalamazoo, MI, May 2015.
He Lete Wryte: Speech Turned to Golden Text in Le Morte Darthur. Panel Presentation.
Indiana University Medieval Symposium. Spring 2015.
Torn Identities: Chivalry, Violence, and Social Control. Panel Presentation. U-Oregon
Graduate Research Forum. Winter 2014.
The Evolving Hero in Old English Literature. Paper Presentation. UW-P Writers
Conference Kenosha, WI. May 2011.
Phallic Artillery: Masculine Insecurity in The Odyssey. Paper Presentation. UW-P Writers
Conference. Kenosha, WI, May 2011.
Moderator of Roundtable: Goth Girls: Gender and Fear in British Gothic Literature. UW-P
Writers Conference. Kenosha, WI, May 2011.
Masculine Emulation and Social Order In Othello. Panel Presentation. UW System
Symposium of Undergraduate Work. Kenosha, WI. April 2011.
Female Weaponry: Gender Transcendence in Arthurian Literature. Panel Presentation. UW
System Symposium of Undergraduate Work. Kenosha, WI. April 2011.
Masculine Emulation and Social Order In Othello. Poster Presentation. UW Undergraduate
Research Show. Madison, WI. April 2011.
Female Weaponry: Gender Transcendence in Arthurian Literature. Panel Presentation. UWP Writers Conference Panel. May 2010.
Mixed Symbols: Rethinking Gawains Failure. Panel Presentation. Literary Analysis Public
Forum. Kenosha, WI. December 2009.
Languages
Old English, advanced, reading and translation
Middle English, advanced, reading and translation
Latin, intermediate, reading and translation
Old French, beginner, some translation
Professionalization
Secretary Comitatus, Medieval Graduate Association, 2015-16
Secretary Comitatus, Medieval Graduate Association, 2014-2015
Coordinator Graduate Medieval Reading Interest Group, Fall 2013-Winter 2014
President Sigma Tau Delta, Tau Psi Chapter, English Honor Society, 2011
Member English Dept Search and Hire Committee Member: Linguistics Tenure Track
Professor, 2011
Straylight Literary Arts Magazine
Assistant Editor of the Journal, Spring 2012
Reviews Lead Editor, Fall 2011
Reviews Lead Editor, Spring 2011
Reviews Associate Editor, Fall 2010

Teaching
Positions
Graduate Instructor English 106, Purdue University, 2014-2016
Graduate Teaching Fellow Writing 121, University of Oregon, Fall 2013-Spring
2014
Grader English 208, Shakespeare II, Warren Ginsberg, Spring 2013
Grader English 225, Age of King Arthur, Marcus Hensel, Winter 2013
Grader English 105, Intro to Drama, Emily Thomas, Fall 2012
Teaching Assistant Literary Analysis, Teresa Coronado, Theories of Teaching and
Learning, Spring 2012
Leader, Creator Analytical Writing Workshop Series, Spring 2012
Teaching Assistant Literary Analysis, Dana Oswald, Rethinking Theory, Fall
2011