CV - KU English Department

September 2014
Misty Y. Schieberle
Department of English
1445 Jayhawk Blvd, Wescoe 3001
University of Kansas
Lawrence KS 66045
Contact:
(785) 864-2501
mschiebe@ku.edu
ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS
Associate Professor of English, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS (August 2014-present)
Assistant Professor of English, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS (August 2008-2014)
EDUCATION
University of Notre Dame. Doctor of Philosophy, English, May 2008.
Texas State University at San Marcos. Master of Arts, English, May 2001.
Texas State University at San Marcos. Bachelor of Arts, English and Spanish, May 1999.
RESEARCH AWARDS
Humanities General Research Fund Award, University of Kansas, 2014.
American Postdoctoral Fellowship, American Association of University Women, 2012-2013.
International Travel Funds for Humanities Research, KU Office of International Programs, 2012.
New Faculty Graduate Research Fund, University of Kansas, 2009.
Mitchell Award for Excellence in Research, Notre Dame English Department, 2007.
Summer Research Grant, Notre Dame English Department, 2003, 2005, 2007.
Helen Ann Mins Robbins Predoctoral Fellowship, University of Rochester, 2006-2007.
W. M. Keck Foundation Fellowship, Huntington Library, Summer 2006.
Zahm Research Travel Grant, University of Notre Dame Graduate School, 2006.
Dissertation Year Fellowship, Notre Dame English Department, 2005-2006.
Institute for Scholarship in the Liberal Arts Summer Research Grant, Notre Dame, 2004.
Mary B. Mathaus Fellowship in Medieval Literature, University of Notre Dame 2001-2002.
TEACHING AWARDS
Conger-Gabel Teaching Professor, KU English Department, 2013-2016.
Mabel S. Fry Award for Teaching Excellence, KU English Department, 2012.
H.O.P.E. (Honor for Outstanding Progressive Educator) Award Finalist, KU Class of 2010.
Outstanding Graduate Student Teacher, University of Notre Dame, 2008.
Graduate Teaching Fellowship, First Year Writing Program, Notre Dame, 2007-2008.
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SCHOLARSHIP
Monograph
Feminized Counsel and the Literature of Advice in England, 1380-1500, Disputatio 26
(Turnhout, Belguim: Brepols Press, 2014).
Critical edition, book-length
Christine de Pizan’s Epistre Othea in England: Two Middle English Translations (in progress).
Articles (Refereed)
“Proverbial Fools and Rival Wisdom: Lydgate’s Order of Fools and Marcolf.” The Chaucer
Review 49.2 (forthcoming October 2014): 204-27.
“Barnyard Pedagogy: An Approach to Teaching Chaucer’s Nun’s Priest’s Tale.” Studies in
Medieval and Renaissance Teaching 20 (2013): 19-40.
“Controlling the Uncontrollable: Love and Fortune in Book I of the Confessio Amantis.” ES:
Revista de Filología Inglesa, Special Issue: Gower in Context(s). Scribal, Linguistic,
Literary and Socio-historical Readings, 33.1 (2012): 75-89.
“‘Thing which a man mai noght areche’: Women and Counsel in Gower’s Confessio Amantis.”
The Chaucer Review 42.1 (2007): 91-109.
Reviews (Invited)
Rev. of Jill M. Hebert, Morgan le Fay, Shapeshifter, Arthurian and Courtly Cultures (Palgrave
Macmillan, 2013). Medievally Speaking (July 2014).
Rev. of John Gower, Poems on Contemporary Events: The Visio Anglie (1381) and Cronica
Tripertita (1400), ed. David R. Carlson and transl. A. G. Rigg (Pontifical Institute of
Medieval Studies, 2011). University of Toronto Quarterly 82.3 (2013): 604-605.
Rev. of Medieval Women’s Writing: Works by and for Women in England, by Diane Watt (Polity
Press, 2007). The Medieval Review (September 2008).
Rev. of The English “Loathly Lady” Tales: Boundaries, Traditions, Motifs, Eds. S. Elizabeth
Passmore and Susan Carter (D. S. Brewer, 2007). The Medieval Review (November 2008).
Presentations and Conference Papers (Selected)
“Aristotelian Performance in Gower’s Confessio and Christine de Pizan’s Epistre Othea in
Middle English.” Third International John Gower Society Congress. Rochester, NY. July 1,
2014.
“A Family Matter: The Fall of Troy and Hector’s Failures in a Middle English Epistre Othea.”
Mid-America Medieval Association. Kansas City, MO. April 21, 2013.
“Remedies of Fortune: Machaut and Gower.” 47th International Medieval Congress. Kalamazoo,
MI. May 12, 2012.
“Controlling the Uncontrollable: Love and Fortune in Book One of the Confessio Amantis.”
Second International John Gower Society Congress. Valladolid, Spain. July 20, 2011.
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“Exemplarity and Gender in Vernacular Mirrors for Princes.” 46th International Medieval
Congress. Kalamazoo, MI. May 12, 2011.
“Poets, Princepleasers, and Power: Identification with the Feminine in Chaucer and Gower.”
New Chaucer Society Congress. Siena, Italy. July 17, 2010.
“What Hector Should Have Done: Christine de Pisan’s Epistre d’Othéa and the Litel Bibell of
Knyghthod.” Session organized by the University of Rochester Robbins Library. 45th
International Medieval Congress. Kalamazoo, MI. May 13, 2010.
“Threatening Misfortune: The Anthony Babyngton Translation of Christine de Pisan’s Epistre
d’Othea.” Mid-America Medieval Association. Conception, MO. February 27, 2010.
“Women’s Counsel and Men’s Authority in English Translations of Christine de Pisan’s Epistre
d’Othea.” KU Hall Center for the Humanities, Before 1500/Gender Seminar. November 10,
2009.
“Chaucer and Gender: The Wife of Bath and the Pardoner.” Lecture for KU Honors Western
Civilization Seminar. November 10, 2009.
“Dethroning Kingly Authority?: Solomon, Marcolf, and Lydgate.” 44th International Medieval
Congress. Kalamazoo, MI. May 6, 2009.
“Feminized Counsel in Middle English Advice Literature.” KU Hall Center for the Humanities,
British Seminar. April 13, 2009.
“Proverbis vs. The Falle of Princis: The Fifteenth-Century Melibee and Monk’s Tale in
Huntington Manuscript 144.” Session organized by the Early Book Society. 43rd International
Medieval Congress. Kalamazoo, MI. May 8-11, 2008.
“Machaut, Chaucer, and Power: The Jugement dou Roy de Navarre and The Prologue to the
Legend of Good Women.” Session organized by the International Machaut Society. 42nd
International Congress on Medieval Studies. Kalamazoo, MI. May 10, 2007.
“Chaucer, Alceste, and Kingship: The Gendered Power Dynamics in the Legend of Good
Women.” Texas Medieval Association. Houston, TX. October 7, 2006.
“Sacred Meets Secular Power: Queenly Intercessors as a Means to Authority in FourteenthCentury England.” 41st International Medieval Congress. Kalamazoo, MI. May 4, 2006.
“Truth in Counsel: Women and Gower’s Confessio Amantis.” Arizona Center for Medieval and
Renaissance Studies Conference. Tempe, AZ. February 18, 2006.
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
University of Kansas, Fall 2008-present
Graduate Courses
English 730. Early Modern Literature 1485-1650: Arthurian Literature
English 714. The Literature of England to 1500: Medieval Survey
English 610. The Literature of England to 1500 (taught concurrently with English 714)
Undergraduate Courses
English 598. Honors Seminar: Arthurian Literature (Malory and Tennyson)
English 498. Honors Seminar: The Politics of Love in Middle English Literature
English 331. Chaucer
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English 312. Major Authors from Beowulf to 1800
English 205. Honors Seminar: Arthurian Literature
Graduate Mentorship
Teaching Mentor, English Department: Ann Martinez (2009-2010), Audrey McDonald (20102011), Jennifer Brussow (2011-2012), Lauren Kiehna (2013-2014), Caroline Porter (2014-2015),
Martha Baldwin (2014-2015).
Graduate Student Exams and Committees
Dissertation Director: Ann Martinez (2014), Jennifer Floray-Balke (2012).
Dissertation Co-Director: Keri Behre (2011).
Doctoral Dissertation Committees: Karla Knudson (2009), Corinee Guy (2009), Brian
Harries (2010), C. Leilani Carver (Comm. Studies, 2010), Aaron Dopf (Philosophy, 2011).
Doctoral Comprehensive Exam Committees: Ann Martinez (2009), Angela Hendrickson
(French, 2012).
Masters Exam Chair: Patrick Flor (2012).
Masters Exam Committees: Matthew Smalley (2012), Rachel Newberry (2012), Alex Zimmer
(2014).
Masters Thesis Director: Rachel McMurray (2012), Donald Allmon (in progress).
Masters Thesis Committees: Jennifer Brussow (2012), Hui Meng (2012).
Undergraduate Mentorship and Thesis Committees
University Scholars Program Mentor: Katherine Blankenau (2009-2011).
Thesis Director: Katherine Blankenau (2011), Elise Broaddus (2012).
Thesis Reader: Chelsea Brown (2010), Bethany Christiansen (2011), Meaghan Moody (2013).
University of Notre Dame, 2002-2008
Senior Elective: “Arthurian Literature and Identity,” and First Year Composition.
Texas State University, 2000-2001
College Writing I: Expository Writing, and College Writing II: Composition and Research.
Training and Certification
KU Center for Teaching Excellence Best Practices Institute, May 2011.
KU Center for Teaching Excellence Teaching Summit: Engaged Learning, August 18, 2009.
Certification in Teaching the History of the English Language, with Katherine O’Brien
O’Keeffe, University of Notre Dame, December 2005.
Striving for Excellence in Teaching Certification Program, University of Notre Dame Kaneb
Center for Teaching and Learning, 2004-2007.
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OTHER PEDAGOGICAL AND PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Managing Editor, Religion and Literature, 2004-2005.
University Writing Program Student Leader, University of Notre Dame, 2002-2004.
ACADEMIC AND UNIVERSITY SERVICE
International, National, or Regional Service
Mid-America Medieval Association Jim Falls Paper Prize Selection Committee, 2011-2014.
Elected Member, Board of Directors, International Machaut Society, 2010-2013.
Article Reviewer, Medieval Feminist Forum, 2012-2013.
University Service
Grant Review Committee, Hall Center Humanities Research Fellowship, Fall 2014.
Search Committee Member, Classics Department, 2014-2015.
Gretchen and Gene A. Budig Distinguished Librarian Award Selection Committee, 2013.
Grant Review Committee, Hall Center Graduate Summer Research Awards, Spring 2013.
Departmental Liaison to the Center for Teaching Excellence, Spring 2012.
Departmental Service
Advisory Committee, 2010-2012.
Assessment Committee, 2009-2012; 2013-present.
Graduate Admissions Committee, 2013-2014.
GTA and Lecturer Committee, GTAL Awards Subcommittee, 2009-2010.
Other University of Kansas Service
Speaker, Junior Day Recruitment “Inside the Classroom,” 2013, 2014.
Guest Speaker for LA&S 292 Academic Success Seminar, 2009, 2011, 2012.
Member, College Review Group, Research Experience Program, Spring 2011.
Panelist, Preparing Future Faculty Conference, August 28, 2010.
Judge, KU Graduate Student Research Competition, March 31, 2010.
Honors Program Reception for Accepted Students Participant, March 28, 2010.
Honors Program Scholars Day Panelist, March 1, 2010.
Undergraduate Recruitment Calling Campaign, Office of Admissions and Scholarships, 2010.
Other Service
Member, Board of Directors, Vagantes Medieval Conference. 2005-2007. Co-Chair, 2006-2007.
Resource Person for Graduate Studies, Arts and Letters Advisory Council, Notre Dame, 2007.
President, Graduate Student Union, University of Notre Dame, 2005-2006.
Co-Organizer, Dept. of English Feminist Reading Group, University of Notre Dame, 2004-2005.
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Co-Vice President, Graduate Student Union, University of Notre Dame, 2002-2003.
RESEARCH INTERESTS
Middle English literature, Conduct manuals, Writings for and about women, Literary exchanges
between England and Europe, Manuscript reception and transmission
TEACHING AREAS
Chaucer, Women writers of the Middle Ages, Manuscript study, Arthurian literature, History of
the English language, Old and Middle English literature
LANGUAGES
Old and Middle English
Old French
Latin
French (reading)
Italian (reading)
Spanish (fluency)
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
Medieval Academy of America
Modern Language Association
New Chaucer Society
Society for Medieval Feminist Scholarship
International John Gower Society
International Guillaume de Machaut Society
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