S. Elizabeth Passmore, an assistant professor of English, teaches Chaucer, History of the English Language, Survey of Grammars, Introduction to Literature, Rhetoric and Composition I and II, and Advanced Composition courses. She has taught such special topics courses as Medieval Courtly Literature and Shakespeare in (Medieval) Cultural Context, and she looks forward to teaching Medieval World Literature and Literature of the Middle Ages, as well as other special topics like medieval Arthurian narratives and medieval romance. All of her upper-level courses offer a graduate-level component for master’s degree students.

Dr. Passmore came to Evansville and USI in the Fall of 2005, after completing her PhD in Medieval Studies at the University of Connecticut-Storrs. Click on the "Curriculum Vitae" link to the right to see a complete list of her past and present projects, which include a recently-published essay collection, The English “Loathly Lady” Tales: Boundaries, Traditions, Motifs, and the revision of her dissertation as a book manuscript entitled, Sovereign Counsel: The Loathly Lady as Advisor in Medieval Irish and English Narratives. Since coming to USI, she has been awarded the Lilly Endowment Excellence Through Engagement Summer Research Fellowship to fund her dissertation revision during the Summer of 2006 as well as Liberal Arts Research Awards which have allowed course release time to work on several research projects culminating in conference papers and articles.

While in Evansville, Dr. Passmore has also served for a year as a member of the inaugural Courier & Press community advisory editorial board (2006-2007), during which time she published several “Community Viewpoint” articles on topics such as trash and recycling, tree-topping, urban sprawl, and downtown development. In the Fall of 2006, she instituted the USI Medieval Studies Forum as an informal monthly discussion group for faculty, students, and staff interested in exploring interdisciplinary topics from the Middle Ages. She is currently the coordinator for the Scavone Awards in Medieval Manuscripts and Culture ($1000).

Phone:  461-5433

Office:  LA3025B

Email:  epassmore@usi.edu

Link to Curriculum Vitae

Link to Personal Viewpoint: Why be an English Major

Link to Dr. Passmore's Language/Literature Course Descriptions

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