Chad D.

Judkins

EDUCATION_________________________________________________________________
Ph.D., English: Old English Language and Literature, Purdue University, 2013.
Dissertation: National Unity in the Alfredian Program: A Holistic Textual Analysis.
Director: Shaun F. D. Hughes.
Graduate Certificate, History of the English Language, Purdue University, 2013.
M.A., English, Kent State University, 2008.
B.A., English, Michigan State University, 2005.
B.A., Ancient Studies (Latin and Greek), Michigan State University, 2005.

PUBLICATIONS______________________________________________________________
2013 Writing the Viking: Alfredian Rhetoric and the Unification of Anglo-Saxon England.
In Progress. Intended Submission to the Journal of English and Germanic Philology.

HONORS AND AWARDS_______________________________________________________

2013

Purdue Research Foundation, Summer Research Grant. Purdue University, West Lafayette,
IN. June-July.

2012

Purdue Research Foundation, Summer Research Grant. Purdue University, West Lafayette,
IN. June-July.

2012

Travel Funding Award for Conference Presentation. Department of English, West Lafayette,
IN. May 9-13.

2011

Peter C. Braeger Memorial Award for Best Essay on the Middle Ages by a Graduate Student.
80th Annual Purdue Literary Awards, Purdue University, April 21st.

2010

Travel Award for Interdisciplinary Studies in Classics. Purdue University, West Lafayette,
IN. July 5-11.

2007

Travel Funding Award for Professional Development. Department of English, Kent State
University. May 2007.

PAPERS PRESENTED_________________________________________________________
2012

King Alfreds Literary Resources and His Reliance on Bedes Example, 47th International
Congress on Medieval Studies, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI, May 10-13.

2012

Alfreds Land Management and the Legitimation of his Claim on the Churchs Bocland, at
the 31st Sewanee Medieval Colloquium, The University of the South, Sewanee, TN, March
30-31.

2012

Writing the Viking Attacks and King Alfreds Educational Program, at the 10th Annual
Purdue Comitatus Medieval Symposium, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, Feb 24.

2011

Comitatus: A Discussion on Purdues Graduate Medieval Reading Group, at the 46th

International Congress on Medieval Studies, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI,
May 12-15.

2009

Word-Play in the Riddle of The Husbands Message, at the 44th International Congress of
Medieval Studies, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI, May 7-10.

CONFERENCES______________________________________________________________
Conferences Organized:
2011

9th Annual Comitatus Graduate Symposium. The History of the Book: Texts and
Reception. Feb 4-5.

Sessions Chaired:
2011

Cognitive Approaches to the Middle Ages I: Theory of Mind and Literature, at the 46th
International Congress on Medieval Studies, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI,
May 12, 2011.

2010

Humorous Outlaws, at the International Congress on Medieval Studies. Kalamazoo,

Michigan, Western Michigan University, May 12, 2010.

2010

Reception and Performance, at the 8th Annual Purdue Comitatus Graduate Medieval
Conference, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, February 6, 2010.

2009

Saints, Sinners, and Manuscripts, at the 7th Annual Purdue Comitatus Graduate Medieval
Conference, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, February 20, 2009.

Speakers Arranged:
2011

Inspiring the Ellesmere Chaucer Glosses: Contemporary Models for Latin Marginalia with
Ambivalent Voicing, by Kathryn Kerby-Fulton (University of Notre Dame), Keynote
Address, 9th Annual Comitatus Graduate Symposium, Feb. 5, 2011.

2011

Arthurs Crown: Medieval Gems, Crowns, and Manuscripts, by Genevra Kornbluth,

Comitatus Spring Lecture, Jan 21, 2011.

TEACHING__________________________________________________________________
2008-2013. Instructor, Purdue University:
Great Narrative Works. Fall 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011. (Introductory Literature).
First-Year Composition. Ten sections from 2008-2013. (Introductory Writing).
Engineering Projects in Community Service. Learning Community. Fall 2010. (Collaborative).
Understanding People and Society. Learning Community. Fall 2009. (Collaborative).
Latin Level III, Fall 2010. (Second-Year Latin).
Latin Level II, Spring 2010. (First-Year Latin).
Latin Level I, Fall 2009. (First-Year Latin).
2006-2008. Instructor, Kent State University:
College Writing I. Four sections from 2007-2008. (Introductory Writing).
2005-2006. Conversational English Instructor (ESL), Lyce Grand Technique Franklin
Roosevelt. French Ministry of Education, Reims, France. (English as a Second Language)

Additional Courses Prepared to Teach:

History of the English Language

Chaucers Canterbury Tales
The Medieval World
Arthurian Literature and Film
Oral Tradition and Epic Verse
Robin Hood and Other Medieval Outlaw Tales
Viking Influences on the British Isles

Pedagogical Training:
2012

Practicum in Teaching Gifted Students. Gifted Education Resource Institute, Purdue

University. June 30, 2012.

2011

Practicum in Teaching Literature, with Aparajita Sagar and Angelica Duran. Purdue
University.

2010

Conventiculum Dickinsoniense: Conversational Latin Workshop, with Terence Tunberg.

Dickinson College, Carlisle, Pennsylvania. July 5-11.

2008-9 Practicum in Teaching First-Year Composition, with Karen Schiler. Purdue University.
2007

Teaching Composition Mentor Group, with Geraldine Winter. Kent State University.

2006

Teaching College Writing, Semester Course with Brian Huot, Kent State University.

2006

Workshop in College Teaching. Multiple instructors. Kent State University.

Other Teaching Experience:

2012

Medieval World and Culture. Gifted Education Resource Institute. Purdue University. 5th
and 6th-Grade Gifted Students. July 9-13.

SERVICE TO PROFESSION____________________________________________________
2009-2013

Arthuriana: The Journal of Arthurian Studies, Marketing Assistant.

2010-2011

President, Comitatus Graduate Student Medieval Organization.

2010-2011

Elected Member, Literary Awards Committee, Purdue University.

2009-2010

Vice-President, Comitatus Graduate Student Medieval Organization.

EXTRACURRICULAR SERVICE________________________________________________
2011

Performer. Chaucers Parliament of Fowles. Read Aloud Performance at the 9th Annual
Comitatus Graduate Symposium. Feb 5.

OTHER PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE________________________________________

2009-2013

Advanced Placement English Literature Exam Reader. College Board. Educational

Testing Service, Princeton, NJ.

2006-2007

Editorial and Research Assistant for Robert Trogdon. Institute for Bibliography and
Editing. Kent State University.

LANGUAGES_________________________________________________________________
Old Norse, Old English, Middle English, Latin, French, German, Ancient Greek.

MEMBERSHIPS______________________________________________________________
International Society of Anglo-Saxonists
Medieval Academy of America
Modern Language Association of America
Early English Text Society
International Marie de France Society

REFERENCES________________________________________________________________

Shaun F. D. Hughes, Professor of English, Director of English Language and Linguistics and
Medieval and Renaissance Studies, Purdue University.
Department of English
Heavilon Hall, 500 Oval Dr.
Purdue University
West Lafayette, IN 47907

Phone: (765) 494-3776

E-mail: sfdh@purdue.edu

Dorsey Armstrong, Associate Professor of English, General Editor of Arthuriana: The Journal of
Arthurian Studies.
Department of English
Heavilon Hall, 500 Oval Dr.
Purdue University
West Lafayette, IN 47907

Phone: (765) 494-8576

E-mail: darmstrong@purdue.edu

Paul W. White, Professor of English, Purdue University.

Department of English
Heavilon Hall, 500 Oval Dr.
Purdue University
West Lafayette, IN 47907

Phone: (765) 494-3740

E-mail: pwhite@purdue.edu

John J. Contreni, Professor of History, Purdue University.

Department of History
University Hall, 672 Oval Dr.
Purdue University
West Lafayette, IN 47907

Phone: (765) 418-1866

E-mail: contreni@purdue.edu