Overview
Professor emerita of German at Duke University, serving on the Advisory Committee for Duke's Graduate Liberal Studies Program, and co-founder, with Clayton Koelb, of the Carolina-Duke Graduate Program in German Studies (2008). I received my BA from the University of Oregon and PhD from Yale University, both in the field of Germanic Languages and Literatures. From 2015 to 2024 I was the Rgt. Hon. John G. Diefenbaker Memorial Chair in German Literary Studies at the University of Waterloo (Ontario, Canada), where I also was PI for a large SSHRC Insight Grant, "Medieval Badges: Visual Communication and Identity Formation." Trained as a literary scholar, I have published extensively in the field of medieval gender studies, including masculinity studies. For the past ten years my research has focussed on medieval material cuture, visual studies, and art history.
Current Appointments & Affiliations
Professor Emerita of Germanic Languages and Literature
·
2016 - Present
German Studies,
Trinity College of Arts & Sciences
Recent Publications
Writing with Research: A Practical Guide
Book · January 1, 2025 Writing with Research offers readers practical guidance for managing writing and research as combined tasks. Kristen B. Neuschel and Ann Marie Rasmussen bring expert advice from their extensive experience as writers, researchers, and teachers, making this ... Full text CiteGender, Reading, and Truth in the Twelfth Century: The Woman in the Mirror. By Morgan Powell. Medieval Media Cultures. Leeds: Arc Humanities Press, 2020.
Journal Article Digital Philology Journal of Medieval Cultures · January 1, 2023 Full text CiteArthurian Cosmopoiesis: Wolfram's Parzival
Journal Article Arthuriana · December 1, 2022 Offering five possible thematic pedagogical approaches to Wolfram von Eschenbach's Parzival (1200-1210), this article argues that the romance, often overlooked due to its complexity, is a rich and timely medieval work that will capture students' imaginatio ... Full text CiteRecent Grants
Bridging Past and Present in German Studies: Two Workshops with Professor James A. Schultz (German, UCLA)
ConferencePrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Josiah Charles Trent Memorial Foundation · 2012 - 2012Materiality and Visuality in the Story of Tristan and Isolde
ConferencePrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Josiah Charles Trent Memorial Foundation · 2006 - 2007Fragmentation and Difference: New Readings of Gottfried von Strassburg's Tristan und Isolde
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Josiah Charles Trent Memorial Foundation · 2005 - 2005View All Grants
Education, Training & Certifications
Yale University ·
1985
Ph.D.
University of Oregon ·
1976
B.A.