Courses
Articles & Book Chapters
“The Magic Mechanic: Georges Méliès’s Cinematic Medievalism.” Silent Medievalisms: Reimagining the Middle Ages During Film’s Foundational Era. Eds. Tison Pugh & Angela Jane Weisl. (Ohio State University Press): forthcoming in March, 2026.
“The Boys Are Back in Town: Capital One’s Propagandic Commercials for Alt-Right Nostalgic Imperialism.” Medievalism in a Global Age, Eds. Robert L. Squillace and Angela J. Weisl. (Boydell & Brewer): 2024.
“Capital One’s Condemnation, Conversion, and Eventual Celebration of Mythical Medieval Northern European Males through Allegorical Commercials.” Studies in Medievalism XXXIII: (En)gendering Medievalism. Ed. Karl Fugelso. (Boydell & Brewer): 2024.
“Go Ask Alisoun: Geoffrey Chaucer and Deafland—Deafness as Authority.” Eds. Candace Barrington, Jonathan Hsy and Laura Doyle. Literature Compass: June, 2018.
• Video Clip: Pamela Beish: “I Am the Wife of Bath, Too!”
• Video Clip: “Interview with Edna Edith Sayers”
“Envisioning the Good, the Beautiful, and the Ugly: American Deaf Adaptation and Appropriation of British Medieval Works.” Gwen to the Max: A Festschrift for Gwendolyn Morgan. The Year’s Work in Medievalism. Eds. M.J. Toswell, E.L. Risden, Jesse G. Swan, Shiloh Carroll, and Renée Ward. Vol. 31 (2016): 127-135.
Includes video clips:
• Video Clip #1: Playwright Willy Conley
• Video Clip #2: Death and Everyone “Where are we?” scene (Kent Trumbull Theatre, 2009)
• Video Clip #3: Death and Everyone “List of Good Deeds and Bad Deeds” scene (Kent Trumbull Theatre, 2009)
• Video Clip #4: Good Deeds Shows Her Suffering (Kent Trumbull Theatre, 2009)
• Video Clip #5: Beauty and Her Mirror (Kent Trumbull Theatre, 2009)
“The Cyberpunk Road away from Middle-earth toward Virtual Atonement.” The Middle Ages in Popular Culture: Medievalism and Genre. Ed. Helen Young. (Cambria, 2015) : 133-154.
“Electronic Tolkien: Characterization in Film and Video Games.” Medieval Afterlives in Contemporary Culture. Ed. Gail Ashton. (Bloomsbury Publishing, 2015) : 124-133.
“Gesture.” Medievalism: Key Critical Terms. Eds. Elizabeth Emery and Richard Utz. (Boydell & Brewer, 2014): 79-85.
“The Song Remains the Same: Crossing Intersections to Create an Ethical World via an Adaptation of Everyman for Everyone.” (co-authored with Daniel-Raymond Nadon and Nancy M. Resh) Studies in Medievalism XXIII: Ethics and Medievalism. Ed. Karl Fugelso. (Boydell & Brewer, 2014): 31-43.
“The Quest for a Deaf Lesbian Dwarf (or Anyone Else that Might Have Been Excluded) in Medievalist Video Games: A Response to Karl Fugelso’s Manifesto.” The Year’s Work in Medievalism. Special Issue: Medievalism NOW. Eds. Karl Fugelso, E.L. Risden, and Richard Utz. Vol. 28 (2013): PDF.
“Neomedievalism Unplugged.” (co-authored with Pamela Clements) Studies in Medievalism XXI: Corporate Medievalism. Ed. Karl Fugelso. (Boydell & Brewer, 2013): 191-210.
“Edna Sayers (f.k.a. Lois Bragg.).” Makers of the Middle Ages: Essays in Honor of William Calin. Ed. Richard Utz and Elizabeth Emery. Print: Kalamazoo, MI: Studies in Medievalism, 2011.
“A Lesson for Merging Populations. (co-authored with Daniel-Raymond Nadon & Nancy M. Resh) Teaching Drama in the Classroom: A Toolbox for Teachers. Eds. Joanne Kilgour Dowdy and Sarah Kaplan. (Sense Publishers, 2011): 139-144.
“Living with Neomedievalism.” (co-authored with Pamela Clements) Studies in Medievalism XVIII: Defining Medievalism(s) II. Ed. Karl Fugelso. (Boydell & Brewer, 2009): 55-75.
“Introduction: Willy Conley’s Theatre.” Vignettes of the Deaf Character and Other Plays. Willy Conley. (Gallaudet U P, 2009): 1-10.
“Visual Screaming: Willy Conley’s Deaf Theater and Charlie Chaplin’s Silent Cinema.” Signing the Body Poetic: Essays on American Sign Language Literature. Eds. Jennifer Nelson, Heidi Rose and Dirksen Bowman, U of California P, 2006, pp. 195-215. DVD Video Clips 10.1-3, DawnSign Press, 2006:
• Video Clip 10.1: “Loudest Visual Scream.”
• Video Clip 10.2. “Sign-Mime.”
• Video Clip 10.3. “Charlie Chaplin and City Lights.”
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Books & Journal Special Issues
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Neomedievalism in the Media: Film, Television and Electronic Games, Edwin Mellen Press, 2012. (Ed. with Pamela Clements) (Edwin Mellen Press, 2012).
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Studies in Medievalism XVI: Medievalism in Technology Old and New. Boydell and Brewer, 2008. (Ed. with Karl Fugelso) |
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The Cultural Influences of William Gibson, the “Father” of Cyberpunk Science Fiction: Critical andInterpretive Essays. Edwin Mellen Press, 2007. (Ed. with Carl B. Yoke). —Nominated for the Locus Awards (Locus Magazine), 2008.
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Stage Work
Co-Producer and Assistant Director. See No Beast, Hear No Beast, Speak No Beast. Kent Trumbull Theatre. Kent State University at Trumbull (Champion, OH: October, 2019). Performances being done in American Sign Language and spoken English, simultaneously.
Lead Playwright, Director, and Co-Producer. ANOTHER Christmas Carol. Kent Trumbull Theatre. Kent State University at Trumbull (Champion, OH: December, 2017). Performances done in American Sign Language and spoken English, simultaneously.
Co-Producer and Dramaturg. Snow White and the Seven Dwarves. (Deaf Theatre Version) Adapted by Iosif Schneiderman, William Morgan and Aaron Weir. Kent Trumbull Theatre, Kent State University at Trumbull (Champion, OH: December, 2013). Performances done in American Sign Language and spoken English, simultaneously.
Co-Producer and Dramaturg. For Every Man, Woman and Child—a modern morality play inspired by EVERYMAN. Written by Willy Conley. Kent Trumbull Theatre. Two Production Locations:Kent Trumbull Theatre, Kent State University at Trumbull. (Champion, OH: September/October 2009). The 24th International Conference on Medievalism. (International Society for the Study of Medievalism). Siena College (Loudonville, NY: October, 2009). Performances done in American Sign Language and spoken English, simultaneously.
Multimedia Work
International Society for the Study of Medievalism (ISSM)
• Studies in Medievalism
• The Year’s Work in Medievalism
The UNICORN Castle
The UNICORN Castle promotes the growth of two types of structures:
A Museum: scholars are invited to help build this museum, creating exhibits that teach—both creative works from and/or historical facts about—a particular place during the period 500-1500 CE. The exhibits must adhere to the vision and mission of the UNICORN Castle. Occasionally, the Museum also serves to support and even host academic conferences, such as the 2023 International Conference for the Study of Medievalism.
A Game: currently being drafted as a table-top game, the ultimate goal is to convert this into a video game. The game strives to promote the vision and mission of the UNICORN Castle, as well as to serve as a teaching tool.
The Snowball Effect
A Documentary and Resource Project
THEMES: Deaf Culture, Theatre, Medievalism, Contact Zones, Belonging, Community Engagement
This is the story of how various members of the campus and surrounding community of Kent State University at Trumbull (some deaf, some hearing, some fluent in American Sign Language, some signing impaired) gathered together to produce a play that was communicated in both spoken English and American Sign Language, at the same time. They did this four times. The first time (2009) was a production of Willy Conley’s play, For Every Man, Woman, and child—a modern morality play inspired by EVERYMAN. The second time (2013) was a production of Snow White and the Seven Dwarves (adapted by Iosif Schneiderman, Aaron Weir, and William Morgan). The third time (2017) was an ensemble created adaptation of Charles Dickens’ classic Christmas story, entitled ANOTHER Christmas Carol. The fourth time (2019) featured Guest Artist James “Joey” Caverly, who co-authored the script with Ammauri Peters and directed the play, See No Beast, Hear No Beast, Speak No Beast. In addition to the usual challenges of preparing for performances (as well as several personal issues, such as illnesses and family deaths), the cast and crew were also confronted by the large obstacle of a communication battleground. Indeed, during each production process, there were moments when people were ready to “get medieval” on each other, but they worked to overcome this and other obstacles because they knew, each time, that the show must go on.
Other Short Video Work
Betty Zing’s Adventures
Pup Plows Down Snowy Steps || ViralHog
Goodbye 2020!
See No Beast, Hear No Beast, Speak No Beast—Promo #1
See No Beast, Hear No Beast, Speak No Beast—Promo #2
28 Miles from KSU—Kent to KSU—Trumbull
Tools & Gimmicks: Seeking Technological Empowerment
Performance
Chaucer’s Middle Ages-ed Crisis: A True and Factual Narrative of a Story
Psuedo-Society. International Congress on Medieval Studies.
Kalamazoo, MI: Western Michigan University, May, 2013