UNIVERSITIES (Dates and Degrees)

B.A. English. University of Oregon. 1972-1976

M.A. Comparative Literature. University of Oregon 1979-1981

M.A. Medieval Studies. University of Toronto 1981-1982

Ph.D. Medieval Studies. University of Toronto 1982-1987

Ph.D Dissertation: "The mise en scène of the poetic process in fourteenth-century pseudo- biographical and -autobiographical narratives." (completed: June, 1987)

DISTINCTIONS, HONOURS, FELLOWSHIPS AND SCHOLARSHIPS

2009 Faculty Scholar Award.

2001 Edward G. Pleva Teaching Award, University of Western Ontario

1993 Lurcy Fellowship, Harvard University

1982-1985 « Connaught » scholarship, University of Toronto

1984-1985 Fulbright Full Scholarship - France

1982 Breadloaf Writers' Conference Scholarship

1981-1982 Fulbright Full Scholarship - Romania (declined)