Effectiones Comitati

This page is dedicated to recognizing our graduate (and undergraduate) students for their accomplishments and endeavors as budding members of their respective fields. If you have any good news, please let us know! To do so, email Jack (jackrbaker@purdue.edu) with the information you would like to be included.

Francis Tobienne, Jr.'s book (The Position of Magic In Selected Medieval Spanish Texts) has been published by Cambridge Scholars Publishing and is available via amazon.co.uk and Blackwell Publishing, UK.

J. Case Tompkins presented a paper titled "She Holds the Stage Alone: The Person of the Grieving Mother in the Chester Gouldsmythes Playe" at the 29th Annual Medieval and Renaissance Forum at Plymouth State University in April.

Emily Redman presented a paper titled "Memorable Aesthetics: Associative Systems in Old English Poetry" at the 43nd International Congress on Medieval Studies in Kalamazoo, Michigan, in May.

Jack R. Baker presented a paper titled "Old English Electronic Editions: A Generational Perspective" at the 43nd International Congress on Medieval Studies in Kalamazoo, Michigan, in May.

Emily Redman will be presenting a paper titled "Associative Reading of Old English Taxonomies" at the Oral, The Written, and Other Verbal Media: Interfaces and Audiences: A Conference and Festival at the University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada, in June.

Jack R. Baker received the Peter C. Braeger graduate award in the 77th Annual Literary Awards Competition at Purdue University for his essay titled "Eques quondam Piusque futurus: The Dialectical Transformation of Lancelot from Secular Knight to Holy Man in the Morte Darthur."

Marisa Buccieri received the Peter C. Braeger undergraduate award in the 77th Annual Literary Awards Competition at Purdue University for her essay titled "Perceval and Roland: Integrating Chivalry with Religion."

Jack R. Baker for passing his preliminary exams—onward dissertation prospectus!

Frank Tobienne who received an honorable mention in the 2008 competition for the Ford Foundation Diversity Fellowship program. Congratulations, Frank!

Ryan Naughton for passing his prospectus defense; he is now ABD. Congratulations, Ryan!

Case Tompkins for being accepted into the PhD program here at Purdue. We get to keep him! Congratulations, Case!