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career & education

• Associate Professor of English, Hood College (August 2017 – present)
• Digital Learning Coordinator, Hood College (August 2017 – present)
• Assistant Professor of English, Hood College (August 2011 – July 2017)
• Lecturer in English, Guilford College (January 2010 – June 2011)
• Lecturing Fellow in English, Duke University (August – December 2010)
• Ph.D., English, Duke University (2009)
• B.A., English with Highest Honors, Rutgers University (2002)

 

publications

• In preparation: Mysteries Past, Mysteries Present: Medieval Plays for Modern Audiences in York and Chester. (Multimedia e-book and website, forthcoming 2020).
• “Chester Mystery Plays 2018: A New Mystery,” in Chester Chronicle, 3 July 2018. [available here]
• “Who wrote the Chester Mystery Plays?” in Chester Mystery Plays 2018 souvenir booklet.
• “Restored, Remixed, Revived, Reified?: Our Devotion to the Medieval Past,” in Devotional Interaction in Medieval Britain and its Afterlives, eds. Foster, Perratore, and Rozenski (Brill, 2018).
• “Tyrants, Tudors, and the Digby Mary Magdalen.” Comparative Drama 48:3 (Fall 2014): 241-59.
• “Maintaining the Realm: City, Commonwealth, and Crown in Chester’s Midsummer Plays.” Chapter Thirteen in The Chester Cycle in Context, 1555—1575: Religion, Drama, and the Impact of Change. Ed. Helen Ostovich, David Klausner, and Jessica Dell. Surrey: Ashgate Press, October 2012. 179-92.
• “Playing to the (21st Century) Crowd: On the Ground at Chester 2010.” Early Theatre 13.2 (December 2010): 97-104.

 

selected presentations at academic conferences

• “Thee to comfort and solace”: Cosmic Journeys in English Mystery Plays,” American Comparative Literature Association Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL (2020)
• “Shambling through Time: The 2018 York Mystery Plays in the Shambles Market.” 45th Annual Sewanee Medieval Colloquium, University of the South (2019)
• “Medieval Drama and the ‘Myth of Communal Life’ in the 21st Century.” 53rd International Congress on Medieval Studies, Western Michigan University (2018)
• “‘Information Wants to be Free’: Humanities Scholarship in the Digital Age.” Society for Comparative Literature and the Arts Annual Conference, Johns Hopkins University (2017)
• “Modern Mystery Plays in York and Chester” Société Internationale pour l’étude du théâtre médiéval/REED-NE Colloquium, University of Durham, UK (2016)
• “Steampunk, Feathers, and Rock & Roll: Mystery Play Devils for a Modern Audience.” American Comparative Literature Association Annual Meeting, Harvard University (2016)
• “Medieval Drama in a (Post)modern World: The 2014 York Mystery Plays.”  Wilson College Humanities Conference, Chambersburg, PA (2015)
• “Spectacle and History: The 2013 Chester Mystery Plays.” Society for Comparative Literature and the Arts Annual Conference, Greensboro, NC (2013)
• “The Culture of Tyranny in the Digby Mary Magdalen.” International Medieval Congress, University of Leeds, UK (2013)
• “Old School Vampires, Young Adult Audiences, and the Allure of History.” American Comparative Literature Association Annual Meeting, Brown University (2012)
• “’Agaynst the Right’: The Tyrants of Chester Cycle” (Invited Presentation). Modern Language Association Annual Convention, Seattle, WA (2012)
• “Enacting the Common Good: Chester and the Crown in 1575.” Chester 2010 Symposium, University of Toronto, ON (2010)
•  “Royal Power vs. Civic Identity in The Chester Mystery Cycle.” 36^th Annual Sewanee Medieval Colloquium, The University of the South (2009)
• “Scholar or Subject? Vernacular Politics and the Tractatus de Regibus.” 42^nd International Congress on Medieval Studies, Western Michigan University (2007)
•  “’The Censures of the Carping World’:  Political Gossip in Two Tudor Histories of Richard III.” North Carolina Colloquium in Medieval and Renaissance Studies, Chapel Hill, NC (2006)
• “Challenging Morality: Fanfiction as Community Dialectic.” The Witching Hour: A Harry Potter Symposium, Salem, MA (2005)

 

presentations at professional & public events

• “iPad U: Strategies and Tools to use iPads in the Classroom.” Co-Presenter with Hood College Center for Teaching and Learning. The Teaching Professor Conference (2016)
• “Building a more accountable, engaged, and equitable learning environment with the iPad.” Invited by Apple for education outreach at Jacksonville University (2016)
  Video available: http://www.hsmitchellbuck.com/2016/04/25/ipad-outreach/
• “Planning Professional Development Activities for an Ever-Busier Faculty.” Co-Presenter with Hood College Center for Teaching and Learning. Shippensburg University Professional Development Conference (2015)
• “’Just Wild About Harry’: The Fans and Foes of Harry Potter.” Invited Talk at Durham County Public Library Banned Books Week Celebration (2009)

 

selected grants & awards

• Hood College Summer Research Institute Grant (2018, 2016, 2013)
• Shirley Connor Hardinge Global Studies Grant (2018, 2014, 2013)
• Apple Distinguished Educator (2015)
• National Endowment for the Humanities Summer Seminar Grant (2014)
• Guilford College Research Grant (2010)
• Duke Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies Dissertation Fellowship (Fall 2009)
• John Hope Franklin Humanities Institute/Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Research Grant (2007)
• Stephen J. Horne Graduate Teaching Award, Duke University (2007)
• Folger Shakespeare Library Travel Grants (Spring and Fall 2007)
• Fellow, Preparing Future Faculty Program (2006-07)
• G. Stuart Demarest Award: Highest Achievement in English, University College, Rutgers University (2002)
• Member, Sigma Tau Delta, Phi Kappa Phi, and Golden Key Honour Societies

 

professional development

• Digital Pedagogy Lab (2019, 2018)
• Teaching Medieval Drama and Performance Colloquium, Folger Institute at the Folger Shakespeare Library (2016 – 2017)
• Apple Distinguished Educator Institute (2015)
• Shippensburg University Professional Development Conference (2015, 2014)
• National Endowment for the Humanities Summer Seminar, “Arts and Devotional Interaction, 1200 – 1600” (2014)
• Grant Writing Workshop with Dr. Stephen M. Ross, Director, NEH Office of Challenge Grants (2011)
• The Second Shepherds’ Play and Early Drama Studies Workshop, Folger Institute at the Folger Shakespeare Library (2007)
• Staging Political Thought Seminar, Folger Institute at the Folger Shakespeare Library (2007)

 

courses taught

@Hood College

• ENGL 401/501: Pop Culture Theory and Practice (Spring 2020, 2014)
• ENGL 269: Arthur: The Once and Future King (Spring 2020, 2018, 2016, 2014, 2012)
• ENGL 259: Medieval Magic and Mysticism (Fall 2015, 2013)
• FYS 101: Fairy Tales: Transformations and Transgressions (Fall 2019, 2018, 2017, 2015)
• ENGL/HON 364: Exploring Utopia (Spring 2019, 2017, 2015, 2013)
• ENGL 284: Medieval Romance (Spring 2019, 2017, 2015, Fall 2012)
• ENGL 405: The English Language (Fall 2018, 2016, 2014, Spring 2013)
• ENGL 250: Avatars of the Past: Narratives of Rome and Britain (Spring 2018, 2016, 2013)
• ENGL 210: Critical Approaches to Literature (Spring 2018, 2016, 2014)
• ENGL 318: Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales (Fall 2017, 2013)
• ENGL 222: British Literature through the 18^th Century (Fall 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011)
• ENGL 232: (Re)Writing the Popular (Spring 2017)
• HON 470: Heroes and Monsters (Fall 2016)
• ENGL 300: Really Old English: Anglo-Saxon Language, Literature, and Culture (Fall 2012)
• ENGL 301: Medieval Drama (Spring 2012)
• ENGL 299V: The Undead: Vampires in Folklore, Fiction, and Film (Spring 2012)
• ENGL 253: Power and Dissent in Medieval Literature (Fall 2011)
• ENGL 114: Medieval Texts, Modern Expressions (Fall 2011)

@Guilford College

• British Drama, Everyman to Evita (Spring 2011)
• King Arthur, Then and Now (Spring 2011, Fall 2010)
• Medieval Literature (Fall 2010)
• Shakespeare (Spring 2010)
• College Reading and Writing: Many Voices (Spring 2010)

@Duke University

• Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales (Fall 2010)
• Historical Fictions (2008
• Mr. President, Your Majesty: Political Leaders in Popular Culture (2007)
• Writing the Academy Inside Out (2005)

 

additional teaching experience

• Instructor for Duke University Talent Identification Program: Accelerated summer and academic-year courses for academically gifted secondary and primary school students (2008 – 2011)
• Online Writing Lab Instructor for Smarthinking.com: Online tutoring service for undergraduate, graduate, and high school students (2009 – 2001)

 

selected academic service

to the profession

• Historical and Literary Consultant, The 2018 Chester Mystery Plays (2016 – 2018)
• Reviewer, Early Theatre Journal (2015 – Present)
• Seminar Co-organizer: “Devils in the Details: Demonic Horrors, Devilish Afterlives, and Infernal Desires.” American Comparative Literature Association Annual Meeting, Cambridge, MA (2016)
• Co-Organizer and Public Relations Chair, Prophecy 2007: From Hero to Legend
  International academic/fan conference on Harry Potter, Toronto, ON (2007)

@Hood College

• Director, First-Year Seminar Program (Summer 2018 – Present)
• Member, Faculty Development Committee (2016 – 2018)
• Chair, Hood Humanities Council (2015 – 2017)
• President, Hood College Chapter of Phi Kappa Phi (2015 – 2017)
• Advisor, Hood College Chapter of Sigma Tau Delta (2015 – Present)
• Member, MBA Advisory Committee (2015 – Present)
• Member, Presidential Inauguration Planning Committee (2015)
• Primary writer, The iPad @Hood, for which Hood College was designated an Apple Distinguished School (2014)
• Co-Organizer, “Richard III: Shakespeare’s Murderous Machiavel” (Humanities Colloquium, Spring 2014)
• Founding Member, Center for Teaching and Learning Advisory Board (2013 – Present)
• Faculty Member, Academic Judicial Council (2013 – 2015)
• Member, Academic Technology and Infrastructure Group (2012 – Present)

@Other Institutions

• Presenter, Guilford College Faculty Development Workshop on Educational Technology, 2010
• Coordinator, Duke University Graduate School Teaching/Professional Development Workshop, 2010
• Coordinator, Duke University English Department Pedagogy Workshops, 2007-08
• Graduate Student Advisor, Duke University English Department, 2004-2007
• Department Representative, Duke University Graduate and Professional Student Council, 2005-2006