• "Wörter, Sachen, und Wahrheit: Philology and the Tree of Language in Tolkien." In Constructing Nations, Reconstructing Myth: Essays in Honour of T.A. Shippey. Ed. Andrew Wawn, Graham Johnson, and John Walter. Turnhout, Belgium: Brepols, 2007. 242-74.

• "As Rare As They Are Dire": Old Norse Dragons, Beowulf, and the Deutsche Mythologie." In The Shadow-Walkers: Grimm's Mythology of the Monstrous. Ed. Tom Shippey. Tempe, Az.: Arizona Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies, 2005. 207-269.

• "The Anthropology of Arda: Creation, Theology, and the Race of Men." In Tolkien the Medievalist. Ed. Jane Chance. New York & London: Routledge, 2003. 194-224.

• "The Dragon-lore of Middle-earth: Tolkien and Old English and Old Norse Tradition." In J.R.R. Tolkien and His Literary Resonances. Ed. Daniel Timmons and George Clark. New York: Greenwood, 2000. 21-38.

• "A Consideration of the Role of Semiotics in Redefining Medieval Manuscripts as Texts." In New Approaches to Medieval Textuality. Ed. Mikle Dave Ledgerwood. New York: Lang, 1998. 3-38.

• "Medieval Semiotics." In Semiotics in the Individual Sciences: Part I. Ed. Walter A. Koch. Bochum Publications in Evolutionary Cultural Semiotics, vol. 10/1. Bochum, W. Germany: Brockmeyer, 1990. 152-177.

• "Semiotik im Mittelalter." In Semiotik in den Einzelwissenschaften: Halbband I Ed. Walter A. Koch. Bochumer Beitra"ge zur Semiotik, Band 8/1. Bochum, W. Germany: Brockmeyer, 1990. 343-372.

• "The Dragon." In Mythical and Fabulous Creatures: A Source-book and Research Guide. Ed. Malcolm South. Westport, Ct.: Greenwood, 1987. 27-58.

• "Introduction: Semiotics as a Language of Theory." In Semiotics and International Scholarship: Towards a Language of Theory. Ed. Jonathan Evans and André Helbo. Dordrecht: Nijhoff, 1986. xi-xxiii.

• "Palinode." In The Facts On File Companion to Pre-1600 British Poetry. Ed. Michelle M. Sauer. Santa Barbara: ABC-CLIO, 2007.

• "Sir Philip Sidney." In The Facts On File Companion to Pre-1600 British Poetry. Ed. Michelle M. Sauer. Santa Barbara: ABC-CLIO, 2007.

• "Synecdoche." In The Facts On File Companion to Pre-1600 British Poetry. Ed. Michelle M. Sauer. Santa Barbara: ABC-CLIO, 2007.

• "Danes: Contributions to English Culture." In The J.R.R. Tolkien Encyclopedia: Scholarship and Critical Assessment. Ed. Michael D.C. Drout. New York: Routledge, 2007.

• "Danish Language." In The J.R.R. Tolkien Encyclopedia: Scholarship and Critical Assessment. Ed. Michael D.C. Drout. New York: Routledge, 2007.

• "Dragons." In The J.R.R. Tolkien Encyclopedia: Scholarship and Critical Assessment. Ed. Michael D.C. Drout. New York: Routledge, 2007.

• "Dwarves." In The J.R.R. Tolkien Encyclopedia: Scholarship and Critical Assessment. Ed. Michael D.C. Drout. New York: Routledge, 2007.

• "Maiar." In The J.R.R. Tolkien Encyclopedia: Scholarship and Critical Assessment. Ed. Michael D.C. Drout. New York: Routledge, 2007.

• "Mirkwood." In The J.R.R. Tolkien Encyclopedia: Scholarship and Critical Assessment. Ed. Michael D.C. Drout. New York: Routledge, 2007.

• "Misty Mountains." In The J.R.R. Tolkien Encyclopedia: Scholarship and Critical Assessment. Ed. Michael D.C. Drout. New York: Routledge, 2007.

• "Monsters." In The J.R.R. Tolkien Encyclopedia: Scholarship and Critical Assessment. Ed. Michael D.C. Drout. New York: Routledge, 2007.

• "Pride." In The J.R.R. Tolkien Encyclopedia: Scholarship and Critical Assessment. Ed. Michael D.C. Drout. New York: Routledge, 2007.

• "Saruman." In The J.R.R. Tolkien Encyclopedia: Scholarship and Critical Assessment. Ed. Michael D.C. Drout. New York: Routledge, 2007.

• "Dragon." In Medieval Folklore: An Encyclopedia of Myths, Legends, Tales, Beliefs, and Customs. Ed. Carl Lindahl, John McNamara, and John Lindow. Vol. 1. Santa Barbara: ABC-CLIO, 2000. 233-240

• "Old English Literature: An Introduction." In Old and Middle English Literature. Ed. Jeffrey Helterman and Jerome Mitchell. Dictionary of Literary Biography. Vol. 146. Detroit: Gale Research, 1994. 3-10.

• "A Checklist of Further Readings: Old English." In Old and Middle English Literature. Ed. Jeffrey Helterman and Jerome Mitchell. Dictionary of Literary Biography. Vol. 146. Detroit: Gale Research, 1994. 479-81.

• "Hrólfs saga kraka." In Medieval Scandinavia: An Encyclopedia. Ed. Phillip Pulsiano. New York: Garland, 1993. 304-305.

• "Sörla saga sterka." In Medieval Scandinavia: An Encyclopedia. Ed. Phillip Pulsiano. New York: Garland, 1993. 637-638.

• "Fridþjöfs saga." In Medieval Scandinavia: An Encyclopedia. Ed. Phillip Pulsiano. New York: Garland, 1993. 221.

• "C.S. Lewis." In Modern British Essayists. Ed. Robert Beum. Dictionary of Literary Biography. Vol. 100:2. Detroit: Gale, 1990.

Bulletins or reports

• "Semiotics and International Scholarship: Towards a Language of Theory" (notice), NATO Scientific Publications Newsletter 24 (1987), pp. 5-6.

• "American Semiotics in its Second Decade: A Report on the Semiotic Society of America's Tenth Annual Meeting," Semiotische Berichte 10:1/2 (1986), pp. 83-90.

• "Semiotics and Traditional Lore: The Medieval Dragon Tradition" (abstract), Bibliographical Bulletin of the International Arthurian Society 37 (1985), pp. 112-113.

• Arnold Rosenfeld, "A Complete Electronic Newspaper?," Antioch Review 35 (1977), pp. 171-179. [Sociological Abstracts 1978, AN #78J5039].

• Frank Annunziata, "The New Left and the Welfare State: The Rejection of American Liberalism," Southern Quarterly 15 (1976), pp. 33-56. [Sociological Abstracts 1978, AN #78J5092]

• William Everson, "The Regional Incentive: Reflections on the Power of Place in Contemporary Literature," San Jose Studies 2 (1976), pp. 51-59. [Sociological Abstracts 1978, AN #78J5292]

• James A. Lavernier, "The Captivity Narrative as Regional, Military, and Ethnic History," Research Studies 45 (1977), pp. 30-37. [Sociological Abstracts 1978, AN #78J5307]

• Eva Schaper, "Fiction and the Suspension of Disbelief," British Journal of Aesthetics 18 (1978), pp. 31- 44. [Sociological Abstracts 1978, AN #78J5319]

• Barbara Charlesworth-Gelpi, "From Colonial to Revolutionary: The Modern American Woman Poet," San Jose Studies 2 (1976), pp. 37-50. [Sociological Abstracts 1978, AN #78J5329]

Scholarly papers

• "The Heynesbók Dragon in its Legal-historical Context," 35th International Congress on Medieval Studies, Kalamazoo, Mich., May 4, 2000

• "Two Neglected Late Icelandic Analogues of Beowulf ll. 2200, ff.," 34th International Congress on Medieval Studies, Kalamaozo, Mich., May 8, 1999

• "The Preeminence of Sigurd: Old Norse Skaldic and Archeological Evidence," 33rd Int'l Congress on Medieval Studies, Kalamazoo, Mich., May 7-10, 1998

• "'As Rare as they are Dire: Dragons, Tolkien, and Jacob Grimm," 32nd Int'l Congress on Medieval Studies, Kalamazoo, Mich., May 7-10, 1997

• "A Philosophy One Can Live In: Alfred the Great, St. Augustine, and Being in the World," Philosophy, Interpretation, Culture, Seventh Annual Conference, Binghamton University, Binghamton, N.Y. April 25-26, 1997

• "Response to James Blodgett: Weallan, Wylm, and the Dragon's Venom," 24th Annual Sewanee Medieval Colloquium, Sewanee, Tenn., April 4-5, 1997

• "Medieval Dragon-lore in Middle-earth," 18th Int'l Conference on the Fantastic in the Arts, Ft. Lauderdale, Fla., March 19-22, 1997

• "Beowulf, St. Michael, and the Dragon of the Apocalypse," 21st Annual Meeting, Southeastern Medieval Association, Baylor Univ., Waco, Tx. October 1996

• "Problems Assessing the Beowulf Dragon's Old Norse Analogues," the 31st International Congress on Medieval Studies, Western Michigan Univl, Kalamazoo, Mich., May 1996

• "Bodleian MS Laud 626 as Evidence of Grammatical Borrowing in Middle English," Germanic Linguistics Second Annual Conference, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisc., April 1996

• "Fantasy and Mimesis in Old Norse Dragonlore," Seventeenth International Conference on the Fantastic in the Arts, Ft. Lauderdale, Fla., March 1996

• "Syntactic and Semantic Overlaps in Beowulf,"* Philological Association of the Pacific Coast, Los Angeles, California, November 1989

• "Peirce, Poinsot, and the Sign-type Triad," Semiotic Society of America 14th Annual Meeting, Indianapolis Indiana, July 1989

• "Old Norse Dragon Illuminations: Illusions/Reality," 13th Annual Meeting, Semiotic Society of America, Cincinnati, Ohio, October 1988

• "Medieval Textuality: Manuscripts and Genealogy," 12th Annual Meeting, Semiotic Society of America, Pensacola, Florida, October 1987

• "Episodic Structures in Medieval Narrative: Synchronicity and Semantic Overcoding," 21st International Congress of the Medieval Institute, Kalamazoo, Michigan, May 1986

• "Intertextual Constraints on Dragon Slayer Texts in Old Norse," 11th Annual Meeting, Semiotic Society of America, San Francisco, California, October 1986

• "Intertextuality in Old Icelandic," 12th Annual South Eastern Medieval Association, Athens, Georgia, October 1986

• "Episodes in Analysis of Medieval Narrative," 10th Annual Meeting, Semiotic Society of America, Reading, Pennsylvania, October 1985

• "The Episodic Character of Medieval Narrative," International Summer Institute for Semiotic and Structural Studies, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana, June 1985

• "Medieval Studies and Semiotics: Perspectives on Research," 9th Annual Meeting, Semiotic Society of America, Bloomington, Indiana, October 1984

• "A Semiotic Framework for Analysis of Traditional Lore: The Medieval English Dragon Tradition," International Summer Institute for Semiotic and Structural Studies, June 1983

• "Tagmemics as a Semiotic of Literacy," Semiotics and Education Colloquium, Int'l Summer Institute for Semiotic and Structural Studies, June 1983

• "Irony and Ambiguity in the Medieval Dragon Code," 7th Annual Meeting, Semiotic Society of America, Buffalo, N.Y., October 1982

• "The Episode as Narrative Unit," Graduate Symposium, Indiana University English Department, October 1982

• "Approaching the Medieval Dragon," Graduate Symposium, Indiana University English Dept., October 1980

• "Christianity and Beowulf," Graduate Symposium, Indiana University English Department, October 1979

• "Old English," South Atlantic Modern Language Association, Birmingham., Alabama, November 10-12, 2000.

• "Beowulf and its Analogues: New Evidence?" 34th International Congress on Medieval Studies, Kalamazoo, Mich., May 8, 1999.

• "The Text(s) of George MacDonald I" 18th Int'l Conference on the Fantastic in the Arts, Ft. Lauderdale, Fla., March 19-22, 1997

• "Men, Women, and Monsters," Seventeenth International Conference on the Fantastic in the Arts, Ft. Lauderdale, Fla., March 22, 1996

• "Illusion, Mimesis, and Reality in the Medieval World," Thirteenth Annual Meeting, Semiotic Society of America, Cincinnati, Ohio, October 1988

• "Semiotics in and of the Middle Ages," the Eleventh Annual Meeting, Semiotic Society of America, San Francisco, California, October 1986

• "Semiotics, Narrative, and the Middle Ages," Tenth Annual Meeting, Semiotic Society of America, Reading, Pennsylvania, October 1985

• "Medieval Studies and Semiotics," Ninth Annual Meeting, Semiotic Society of America, October 1984

• "Literature II: The Interpretant," The Seventh Annual Meeting, Semiotic Society of America, Buffalo, N.Y., October 1982

Conference sessions organized

• "Philological Practices in Medieval Studies," 38th International Congress on Medieval Studies, Kalamazoo, Mich., May 8-11, 2003

• "Proverbs in Medieval Germanic," 38th International Congress on Medieval Studies, Kalamazoo, Mich., May 8-11, 2003

• "Anglo-Saxon Vocabulary: Hard Words and Hapax Legomena as Poetic Devices in Old English," 37th International Congress on Medieval Studies, Kalamazoo, Mich., May 2-5, 2002

• "Wulf and Eadwacer: Solutions & Investigations," 37th International Congress on Medieval Studies, Kalamazoo, Mich., May 2-5, 2002

• "Philology: Whence? Whither?" 37th International Congress on Medieval Studies, Kalamazoo, Mich., May 2-5, 2002

• "Medieval Dragon Legends," 37th International Congress on Medieval Studies, Kalamazoo, Mich., May 2-5, 2002

• "The Personal 'I': Direct Discourse in Medieval Literature," 37th International Congress on Medieval Studies, Kalamazoo, Mich., May 2-5, 2002

• "Old English," South Atlantic Modern Language Association, Birmingham., Alabama, November 10-12, 2000.

• "Beowulf and its Analogues: New Evidence?" 34th International Congress on Medieval Studies, Kalamazoo, Mich., May 8, 1999.

• "Medieval Literary Adaptations of Draconitas," 33rd International Congress on Medieval Studies, Kalamazoo, Mich., May 8, 1998.

• "The Text(s) of George MacDonald," 18th Int'l Conference on the Fantastic in the Arts, Ft. Lauderdale, Fla., March 19-22, 1997.

• "Medieval Iconicity," Fourteenth Annual Meeting, Semiotic Society of America, Indianapolis, Indiana, July 1989

• "Signs and Signification in the Middle Ages: Two Sessions," Twenty-second International Congress of the Medieval Institute, Kalamazoo, Michigan, May 1987

• "Medieval Textuality: After the Colon," Twelfth Annual Meeting, Semiotic Society of America, Pensacola, Florida, October 1987

• "Semiotics in the Study of the Middle Ages," Twelfth Annual South Eastern Medieval Association, Athens, Georgia, October 1986

Courses taught

• ENGL 1010 English Composition

• ENGL 1050H English Composition (Honors)

• ENGL 2310 English Literature to 1700

• ENGL 2350H English Literature to 1700 (Honors)

• ENGL 4000 History of the English Language

• ENGL 4060 Old English

• ENGL 4210 Old English Literature

• ENGL 4220 Beowulf

• ENGL 4230 Medieval Literature

• ENGL 4290 Topics in Medieval Literature

• ENGL 4835 Environmental Literature

• ENGL 6000 History of the English Language

• ENGL 6060 Old English

• ENGL 6210 Old English Literature

• ENGL 6220 Beowulf

• ENGL 8200 Seminar in Medieval Literature

  Old English Heroic Poetry (1985)

  Wisdom Literature in Old English (1989)

  Analogues of Beowulf (1993)

  Alfredian Prose (1998)

  Old English Genres (2008)

Lectures

• “Tolkien’s Dwarves.” Franklin Residential College Dean’s Tea, November 4, 2008.

• "Saving Middle-earth: Liminal Narrative in J.R.R. Tolkien's Environmental Discourse," Emory University, Atlanta, Ga., October 6, 2006.

• "The Lion and the Lamp: Myth and Truth in The Chronicles of Narnia." St. Louis University, St. Louis, Mo., November 17, 2005.

• "Medieval Monsters as Liminal Beings." Keynote Address. Florida Medieval Symposium, Florida Southern College, Lakeland, FL, November 11, 2005.

  "J.R.R. Tolkien On the Margins," Franklin Residential College Dean’s Tea, January 19, 2005.

• "J.R.R. Tolkien's Environmentalism," Membership Inaugural lecture, UGA Environmental Ethics Certificate Program, November 9, 2004.

• "Stewardship Ethics: J.R.R. Tolkien as an Environmentalist," Middlebury College Environmental Studies Program, March 8, 2004.

• "Treebeard and Tolkien: Ents, Etymology, and the Roots of Being in Middle-earth," Middlebury College, Middlebury, Vt., January 23, 2003

• "Beowulf and The Lord of the Rings: Dragon-lore and the One Ring in the Sequel to The Hobbit," Department of English, Middlebury College, Middlebury, Vt., January 23, 2003

• "Contact between Scandinavian and English Speakers in the Province of Oundle: What They did to the Language and How We are Indebted to Them," UGA Linguistics Society, October 29, 1997

• "Dragons and Dragon-slayers," Franklin College Outreach Program, Lincolnton Elementary School, Lincolnton, Ga., October 28, 1997

• "King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table," Franklin College Outreach Program, Rockdale County High School, October 21 1997

• "Wealhtheow, Hildeburh, and the Female Voice in Beowulf," Department of English, Middlebury College, Middlebury Vt., April 23, 1997

• "The Theological Anthropology of Arda," Department of English, Middlebury College, Middlebury Vt., April 23, 1997

• "Quid Hinieldus cum Christo?" Emmanuel College Department of Language and Literature, February 28, 1995

• "Christian Multiculturalism," Emmanuel College Academic Enrichment Series, October 28, 1994

• "Medieval Literature in a Postmodern World," Emmanuel College Academic Enrichment Series, October 15, 1993

• "What's Wrong with Semiotics?" College of Arts & Sciences Lunch in Theory Group, October 1991

• "Gothic Manuscript Illuminations as Symbolic Documents," Franklin College of Arts and Sciences Winter Forum, University of Georgia, January 1989

• "An Assessment of Semiotics," Graduate Colloquium, Department of Romance Languages, University of Georgia, May 1988

• "En Tjat til Drager: Monstre i Marginerne," Arnamagnaean Institute, University of Copenhagen, July 1987

• Student Government Association Outstanding Leadership Recognition, December 8, 1999.

• General Sandy Beaver Teaching Professor, 1997-2000

• Outstanding Teacher, Honors Day 1997

• Outstanding Honors Professor 1992

• Chair, University Council Faculty Conference Committee, 1999-2000.

• Chair, Ad-hoc Committee on Restructuring, Franklin College Faculty Senate, 1999-2000.

• Member, University Council, 1999-2002.

• Presiding Officer, Franklin College Faculty Senate, 1998-99

• Senator, Franklin College Faculty Senate, 1996-99

• Committee on Committees, Franklin College Faculty Senate, 1997-98

• Curriculum Committee, Franklin College Senate, 1996-97; 1997-98

Department Committees

• Search Committee, English Language Assistant Professor, 1994-95

• Search Committee, Medieval History Assistant Professor, 1994-95

• Undergraduate Committee, 1992-94

• Graduate Committee, 1988-89; 1989-90

• Search Committee, Folklore and Linguistics, 1988-89

• Search committee, English Language & Linguistics, 1987-88

Other

• Member, UGA Faculty in Linguistics, 1992- present.

• Member, Environmental Ethics Certificate Program Faculty, 2006-present

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