Assistant University
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Joseph Taylor
Courses
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EH ***: British Literature I
EH 408/508: History of the English Language
EH 450: Chaucer (undergraduate)
EH 451/551: Middle English Literature
EH 649: Medieval Monsters
EH 650: Chaucer (graduate)
About Me
Curriculum Vitae
HEL Bibliography
Medieval Links
In The Middle (blog)
Chaucer Metapage
New Chaucer Society
Medieval Academy of America
HILL Manuscript Library
UAHuntsville
UAH Homepage
Department of English
Salmon Library
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Curriculum Vitae
William Joseph Taylor
Assistant Professor
Department of English, Morton Hall
University of Alabama in HuntsvilleMorton Hall Room
222
Huntsville, AL 35899
E-mail: ******.******@***.***
Homepage: https://sites.google.com/a/uah.edu/joseph-taylor/home
Education
PhD in Medieval and Renaissance Literature, December 2009, University of Texas at Austin,
Austin, TX
Dissertation Committee: Elizabeth Scala (co-chair), Daniel Birkholz (co-chair), Mary
Blockely, Marjorie Curry Woods, Geraldine Heng
M.A. in English Literature, May 2004, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA
B.A. in English, December 1999, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA
Study Abroad, University of Brighton and University of Edinburgh (UK), Summer 1999
B.A. in History, December 1999, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA
Publications
I avow, by my life : Sovereignty, Oath, and the Profane Life in the Avowing of Arthur"
Exemplaria (forthcoming)
Me longeth sore to Bernysdale : Centralization, Resistance and the Bare Life of the
Courses (as instructor of record)
University of Alabama in Huntsville
English 101 and 102: Freshman Composition
English 205: British Literature I
English 408 and 508 (Undergraduate/Graduate): History of the English Language
English 450: Chaucer (Undergraduate)
English 451 and 551 (Undergraduate/Graduate): Middle English Literature
English 649 Special Topics: Medieval Monsters (Graduate)
English 650: Chaucer (Graduate)
University of Texas at Austin
English 314L: Introduction to Literary Studies, Fall 2007
English 316K: Masterworks of British Literature, Spring 2007
Rhetoric 310: Intermediate Expository Writing, Spring 2008
Rhetoric 309S: Critical and Persuasive Writing, Summer 2006Rhetoric 309S. Liberal Arts Honors, Fall 2009
Rhetoric 309L: The Writing Process, Fall 2005
Rhetoric 309K: Topics in Writing: The Rhetoric of the Outsider, Fall 2005, Spring 2006
Rhetoric 306: First-Year Writing, Fall 2004, Spring 2005, Summer 2005
(As TA) E316: Masterworks of World Literature, Summer 2009
Virginia Tech
English 1105: Freshman Writing Component, Cultural Embedding and the Primitive Cool,
Fall 2003
English 1105: Freshman Writing Component, Critical Literacy, Fall 2002
English 1106: Freshman Literature Component, Madness and Ethics: Literature and
Writing, Spring 2004
English 1106: Freshman Literature Component, Mona Lisas and Mad Hatters-Writing
Through Cross-Cultural Contact, Spring 2003
Fellowships, Grants and Awards
Library Enhancement Grant for Medieval Literature and Criticism $3, 360- University of
Alabama in Huntsville Humanities Center, Dec. 2011.
Library Enhancement Grant for Medieval Literature and Criticism $1,257- University of
Alabama in Huntsville Humanities Center, Dec. 2010.
Faculty Travel Grant $900 University of Alabama in Huntsville Humanities Center
Doctoral Fellowship, Graduate School, University of Texas at Austin, 2008-2009
Maxine Hairston Prize for Teaching Excellence, Department of Rhetoric and Writing,
University of Texas at Austin, 2006-2007Martin Crow Fellowship Award for Chaucer Studies, Department of English, University of
Texas at Austin, 2005-2006Carolyn Pace Chermside Award for Best Master s Thesis, Department of English, Virginia
Tech, May 2004
Professional Development Award, Office of Graduate Studies, University of Texas at
Austin,
Spring 2009
Professional Development Award,
Department of English, University of Texas at Austin,
Summer 2008
Professional Development Award-
Department of English, University of Texas at Austin,
Fall 2006
Travel Award,
Department of English, Virginia Tech, Spring 2003
Travel Award,
Department of English, Virginia Tech, Fall 2003
Travel Fund Award, Graduate Student Assembly, Virginia Tech, Spring 2003
Departmental and Related Positions
University of Alabama in Huntsville
Assistant Professor, Jan 2010-present
Composition Committee (2010-present)
Hiring Committee (for Assistant Professor in Dramatic Literature), 2010
Faculty Sponsor, Alpha Lamda Delta Freshman Honor's Society
University of Texas at Austin
Co-author of the current Department of English Graduate Student Handbook
(online: www.utexas.edu/cola/depts/english/graduate/orientation/index.html)
Assistant Director, Department of Rhetoric and Writing, 2006-2008
Member, Undergraduate Curriculum Committee,
2006-2007
Member, RHE 306 Text Selection Committee,
2006-2008
Co-Organizer, First-Year Forum Speaker Series, Lawrence Lessig, author of Free
Culture, February 2007; Luis Alberto Urrea, author of The Devil s Highway, April
2008
Organizer and Co-lecturer, EXPLORE UT: Community Open House of UT-Austin,
Rhetoric Seminar, Representing Yourself on MySpace and Facebook, March 2008
Assistant Instructor, Department of English, 2006-2007
Assistant Instructor, Computer Writing and Research Lab, 2005-2006, Fall 2009
Assistant Instructor, Department of Rhetoric and Writing, 2004-2005, 2007-2008
Research Assistant, Dr. Marjorie Curry Woods, 2005-2006
Research Assistant, Dr. Jacqueline Henkel, History of the English Language Web Annotated
Bibliography (available online at http://slatin2.cwrl.utexas.edu/~taylor/HEL.htm), Summer
2005
Graduate Student Representative, Graduate Programs Committee, Department of English,
2007-2008
Graduate Student Representative, Hiring Committee (for Assistant Professor in Language-
Linguistics), Department of English, 2006-2007
Consultant, Undergraduate Writing Center, 2004-2005
Proctor, Computer Writing and Research Lab, Department of Rhetoric and Writing, 2005-
2006, Fall 2009Virginia Tech
Graduate Teaching Assistant, Department of English, 2002-2004
Consultant, University Writing Center, Fall 2003
Graduate Student Mentor, Department of English, 2003-2004
Department of English Representative, Virginia Tech Graduate Student Assembly, 2002-
2004
Co-coordinator, English Graduate Student Conference of Virginia Tech, April 2004
Co-coordinator, English Graduate Student Conference of Virginia Tech, April 2003
Budget Director, English Graduate Student Conference of Virginia Tech, April 2003
Membership in Academic Societies
Modern Language Association
New Chaucer Society
Medieval Academy of America
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