Fiona Somerset, Associate Professor, (PhD Cornell): Medieval English literature, Langland, Wycliffites, Chaucer, cultural studies.
Publications: Clerical Discourse and Lay Audience in Late Medieval England (Cambridge University Press, 1998), chapter in Lollardy and the Gentry in the Later Middle Ages ed. M. Aston and C. Richmond (Alan Sutton,  Stroud, Glocs, 1997) articles in English Literary History, Yearbook of Langland Studies, Studies in the Age of Chaucer, Mediaeval Studies, The Routledge Encyclopedia of Philosophy, and various edited collections.
Work in Progress: An edition with commentary of  Four Wycliffite Dialogues (for EETS, Oxford UP).  Articles on Chaucer, Langland, late medieval theories of excitative speech, controversies over translation, women and heresy, and Wat Tyler's role in the Peasants' Revolt.  Two collaborative edited collections of articles.  A web-based bibliographical project.  Research (for a book length study) on heresy and the laity in England.
Honours and Distinctions: SSHRC Research Grant, 2000-2003, VP Research Fellowship, Western, 1998; Research Fellowship, Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford, 1995-7.  Board member and chair of conference committee, Lollard Society, 1995-. Associate Editor, Yearbook of Langland Studies, 1999-.  Member of organizing committee for New Chaucer Society conference (2002) and Langland Society conference (2003).