J.H. Roberts
Department of English, Park Hall 254, Athens, GA 30601
EDUCATION
Masters of Arts, English Literature May 2014
University of Georgia
Specialization: Medieval Literature
Bachelor of Arts, English Literature May 2011
University of New Orleans
Minor: Philosophy
4.0 GPA in all coursework
Bachelor of Science, Music Industry Studies May 2006
Loyola University New Orleans
Minors: Business Administration, Medieval Studies, English Literature
Graduated Magna Cum Laude with Honors
THESIS
2014 "Dido, Time and Space in the Aeneid, Divina Commedia and Dido Queen of Carthage."
Committee: Drs. Cynthia Camp, Miriam Jacobson and Jonathan D. Evans.
PUBLICATIONS
2012 "The Importance of Dido in Dante's Divine Comedy" Vexillum: The Undergraduate Journal of Classical and Medieval Studies. Vol. 2.
2012 "Townie Help Page" Dawgspeak: The Slanguage Dictionary of The University of Georgia, Sixth Edition with Shelton and Rampley.
2015 "Transnational Islam" ipoco.
as J. Rex
2013 "Are We Not Men? We Are Divas" The Atomic Elbow: Professional Wrestling Fanzine. Issue 6.
2014 "It's Just Like Riding a Hovercraft" Bikes in Space: An Anthology of Feminist SF about Bikes.
2014 "Wrestlemania XXX Road Diary" The Atomic Elbow: Professional Wrestling Fanzine. Issue 10.
2014 "Transnational Tights" Hug it Out! Zine. Vol. 2.
BOOK REVIEWS
2014 "An Historical Werewolf in Context" Review of Metamorphoses of the Werewolf. Supernatural Studies Journal. Vol. 1, Iss. 2.
2014 Review of Textual Poachers. Diffractions. Popular Culture Issue.
CONFERENCE PAPERS AND PANELS
2013 "The Challenge from Beyond: Negotiating Epistemological Uncertainty in Ridley Scott's Prometheus and H.P. Lovecraft" UGA EGO Conference.
2013 "An Analysis of Anglo-Saxon Dictionaries from a Learner's Perspective." 19th Biennial Meeting of Dictionary Society of North America.
2013 Panel Organizer "Professional Wrestling as Popular Culture."
2013 "'You Can't Win the Big One': Manifestations of Lacanian Desire in Professional Wrestling" PCAS/ACAS Annual Conference.
2014 Panel Organizer "Back to the Future(s), Presents and Pasts: Science Fiction and Temporality."
2014 "Queer Temporality in The Left Hand of Darkness" UGA EGO Conference.
2014 "'Chicago-Made' Punk: The Importance of Location in Professional Wrestling Storylines" PCA/ACA Annual Conference.
2014 "Queer Temporality in Dido Queen of Carthage." SAMLA.
2015 "Examining Professional Wrestling’s Spectacle through the Male and Female Gaze." PCA/ACA Annual Conference.
CURATION PROJECTS
2013 "Books in Action: What Books Allow Us to Do" Contributor and Curator for the Exhibit.
AWARDS AND ACHIEVEMENTS
Appleby Fellowship August 2013
Awarded for Conference Travel
Sigma Tau Delta April 2013
English Honors Society
Catherine Barragy Mackin Prize April 2012
Award for best paper written in a 2000- or 4000-level class
Nominated for “Fascist Fascination in Paul Beatty’s The White Boy Shuffle”
Quarante Club Award April 2011
Award for best written paper by a female in a 2000 level course
Awarded for “An Analysis of Edgar Allan Poe’s ‘A Tell-Tale Heart’”
Friends of the Library Student Assistant Award April 2011
Award for excellence in work at the Earl K. Long Library
Phi Beta Kappa April 2011
Liberal Arts Honor Society
Alpha Sigma Nu April 2006
Jesuit National Honor Society
National Honor Society April 2006
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS/AFFILIATIONS
Modern Language Association
New Chaucer Society
Medieval Academy of America
Dictionary Society of North America
Supernatural Studies Association
Popular Culture Association
Popular Culture Association of the South/American Culture Association of the South
PEDAGOGICAL AND FACULTY TRAINING
2013 SafeSpace training program, LGBT Resource Center, University of Georgia
2013 English Department Teaching Practicum, University of Georgia
UNIVERSITY SERVICE
2013-2014 Masters Student Representative to the Graduate Committee
2013-2014 Treasurer, Sigma Tau Delta International English Honor Society, Alpha Alpha Omega chapter
2013-2014 Treasurer, Early Modern Union of Scholars at UGA
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Instructor of Record, ENGL 1101 Fall 2013
First Year Composition Department at UGA
Teacher, Basic Latin June 2011
New Orleans Free School Network
RELEVANT COURSEWORK
Old English
Old Norse
Latin: The Aeneid
Chaucer
Beowulf
Postcolonial Theory
Temporality in Early Modern Texts
Department of English, Park Hall 254, Athens, GA 30601
EDUCATION
Masters of Arts, English Literature May 2014
University of Georgia
Specialization: Medieval Literature
Bachelor of Arts, English Literature May 2011
University of New Orleans
Minor: Philosophy
4.0 GPA in all coursework
Bachelor of Science, Music Industry Studies May 2006
Loyola University New Orleans
Minors: Business Administration, Medieval Studies, English Literature
Graduated Magna Cum Laude with Honors
THESIS
2014 "Dido, Time and Space in the Aeneid, Divina Commedia and Dido Queen of Carthage."
Committee: Drs. Cynthia Camp, Miriam Jacobson and Jonathan D. Evans.
PUBLICATIONS
2012 "The Importance of Dido in Dante's Divine Comedy" Vexillum: The Undergraduate Journal of Classical and Medieval Studies. Vol. 2.
2012 "Townie Help Page" Dawgspeak: The Slanguage Dictionary of The University of Georgia, Sixth Edition with Shelton and Rampley.
2015 "Transnational Islam" ipoco.
as J. Rex
2013 "Are We Not Men? We Are Divas" The Atomic Elbow: Professional Wrestling Fanzine. Issue 6.
2014 "It's Just Like Riding a Hovercraft" Bikes in Space: An Anthology of Feminist SF about Bikes.
2014 "Wrestlemania XXX Road Diary" The Atomic Elbow: Professional Wrestling Fanzine. Issue 10.
2014 "Transnational Tights" Hug it Out! Zine. Vol. 2.
BOOK REVIEWS
2014 "An Historical Werewolf in Context" Review of Metamorphoses of the Werewolf. Supernatural Studies Journal. Vol. 1, Iss. 2.
2014 Review of Textual Poachers. Diffractions. Popular Culture Issue.
CONFERENCE PAPERS AND PANELS
2013 "The Challenge from Beyond: Negotiating Epistemological Uncertainty in Ridley Scott's Prometheus and H.P. Lovecraft" UGA EGO Conference.
2013 "An Analysis of Anglo-Saxon Dictionaries from a Learner's Perspective." 19th Biennial Meeting of Dictionary Society of North America.
2013 Panel Organizer "Professional Wrestling as Popular Culture."
2013 "'You Can't Win the Big One': Manifestations of Lacanian Desire in Professional Wrestling" PCAS/ACAS Annual Conference.
2014 Panel Organizer "Back to the Future(s), Presents and Pasts: Science Fiction and Temporality."
2014 "Queer Temporality in The Left Hand of Darkness" UGA EGO Conference.
2014 "'Chicago-Made' Punk: The Importance of Location in Professional Wrestling Storylines" PCA/ACA Annual Conference.
2014 "Queer Temporality in Dido Queen of Carthage." SAMLA.
2015 "Examining Professional Wrestling’s Spectacle through the Male and Female Gaze." PCA/ACA Annual Conference.
CURATION PROJECTS
2013 "Books in Action: What Books Allow Us to Do" Contributor and Curator for the Exhibit.
AWARDS AND ACHIEVEMENTS
Appleby Fellowship August 2013
Awarded for Conference Travel
Sigma Tau Delta April 2013
English Honors Society
Catherine Barragy Mackin Prize April 2012
Award for best paper written in a 2000- or 4000-level class
Nominated for “Fascist Fascination in Paul Beatty’s The White Boy Shuffle”
Quarante Club Award April 2011
Award for best written paper by a female in a 2000 level course
Awarded for “An Analysis of Edgar Allan Poe’s ‘A Tell-Tale Heart’”
Friends of the Library Student Assistant Award April 2011
Award for excellence in work at the Earl K. Long Library
Phi Beta Kappa April 2011
Liberal Arts Honor Society
Alpha Sigma Nu April 2006
Jesuit National Honor Society
National Honor Society April 2006
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS/AFFILIATIONS
Modern Language Association
New Chaucer Society
Medieval Academy of America
Dictionary Society of North America
Supernatural Studies Association
Popular Culture Association
Popular Culture Association of the South/American Culture Association of the South
PEDAGOGICAL AND FACULTY TRAINING
2013 SafeSpace training program, LGBT Resource Center, University of Georgia
2013 English Department Teaching Practicum, University of Georgia
UNIVERSITY SERVICE
2013-2014 Masters Student Representative to the Graduate Committee
2013-2014 Treasurer, Sigma Tau Delta International English Honor Society, Alpha Alpha Omega chapter
2013-2014 Treasurer, Early Modern Union of Scholars at UGA
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Instructor of Record, ENGL 1101 Fall 2013
First Year Composition Department at UGA
Teacher, Basic Latin June 2011
New Orleans Free School Network
RELEVANT COURSEWORK
Old English
Old Norse
Latin: The Aeneid
Chaucer
Beowulf
Postcolonial Theory
Temporality in Early Modern Texts