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Dorsey Armstrong
Associate Professor
Department of English, Assistant Director MARS
Office Phone: (765) 494-8576
Office Fax: (765) 494-3780
Email: darmstrong@purdue.edu
Specialization: British Literature; Arthurian Literature; Medieval Romance; Anglo-Saxon; Gender and Feminist Studies
Receiving her Ph.D. from Duke University in 1998, Professor Armstrong specializes in Middle English Language and Literature, Arthurian Literature, Anglo-Saxon Language and Literature, and Gender and Feminist Studies. She taught at Centenary College of Louisiana and California State University, Long Beach before joining the Purdue English Department. She has published extensively on Arthurian literature, Malory's Morte d'Arthur, and William Caxton, with articles appearing or forthcoming in Arthuriana, Arizona Studies in the Middle Ages and Renaissance, Bibliographical Bulletin of the International Arthurian Society, Essays in Medieval Studies, Exemplaria, and various essay collections. Her book, Gender and the Chivalric Community in Malory's Morte d'Arthur, was published in 2003 by University Press of Florida. Professor Armstrong serves on the editorial board of Arthuriana, the board of directors of TEAMS (the Consortium for the Teaching of the Middle Ages and the Renaissance), and contributes to the Year's Work in English Studies. She is currently working on a book-length study of William Caxton and late medieval English literary culture, as well as a Modern English translation of Malory's Morte d'Arthur.