English Program

Dr. Beth Crachiolo

Chairperson of the Department of English, Theatre and Communication;
Associate Professor of English

Draper, Room
CPO 1847

Office Hours: TBA

Phone: 859-985-3745
Fax: 859-985-3906
E-Mail: beth_crachiolo@berea.edu

At Berea College since 2000

Degrees

  • B.A., English literature, California State University, Long Beach, 1991
  • M.A., English literature, SUNY-Binghamton, 1993
  • PhD, Medieval English literature, University of Iowa, 2000

Courses

  • Medieval Texts
  • Renaissance Texts
  • Exposition
  • Chaucer
  • Women and Literature
  • Stories
  • Western Traditions I
  • Western Traditions II

Special Interests

History of the English Language, Old and Middle English, Women’s spiritual narrative

Research Programs

  • Medieval hagiography
  • Reformation martyrology
  • Violence in literature
  • Medieval women