Karolyn Kinane
Graduate Adjunct Faculty, English
Associate Professor, Medieval and Early Modern Literature
Phone: (603) 535-2402
E-mail: kkinane@plymouth.edu
Profile
Karolyn Kinane teaches courses on early British Literature and directs the annual Plymouth State University Medieval and Renaissance Forum. She also has professional experience as a newspaper writer and editor. Her book “End of Days: Essays on the Apocalypse from Antiquity to Modernity,” edited with Michael A. Ryan, is available from McFarland Press. She has also published several articles, book chapters, and bibliographic entries, as well as reviews for The Journal of Medieval Religious Cultures and The Journal of British Studies. Kinane is a contributing editor of The Once and Future Classroom, an online, peer-reviewed teaching journal for medieval studies in K-12.
Degrees and Education
- PhD, English, University of Minnesota
- BA, English, SUNY, New Paltz
Research Interests
- Medieval and Early Modern England
- Medieval Spirituality
- Arthuriana
- Medieval in Popular Culture
- Saints
- Pedagogy
Associations, Boards, and Committees
- Member, Board of Directors, Consortium for the Teaching of the Middle Ages
- Director, Plymouth State University Medieval and Renaissance Forum
- Member, Plymouth State University Curriculum Committee, Humanities Council, Interdisciplinary Council, Medieval Studies Council
