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About

Currently teaching in the History Department and directing the Bishop John S. Cummins Institute for Catholic Thought, Culture, and Action.

Research projects:

A study of an eleventh-century chapter book, Vatican City, Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, Codex Barberinianus latinus 421.

A study of the importance of the Chapter Room in the formation of identity of monks and nuns in the Middle Ages.

A chapter on Beneventan necrologies for a Companion to Beneventan Regional Studies, to be published by Brill.

Contact Information

Office: Galileo Hall 317
Phone: 925-631-4611
Fax: 925-377-0156
Mail: P.O. Box 4825

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Education/Academic qualification

Ph.D. Medieval History, University of Toronto

… → 1994

M.S.L., Pontifical Institute of Mediaeval Studies

… → 1991

M.A. Medieval History, University of Toronto

… → 1987

B.A. History, Saint Mary's College of California

… → 1978

External positions

Nicky B. Carpenter Fellowship in Manuscript Studies, Hill Museum and Manuscript Library, St. John's University

Jan 1 2017Jan 1 2018

Elected Research Fellow, Pontifical Institute of Mediaeval Studies

Jan 1 2000

Elected Research Fellow, Pontifical Institute of Mediaeval Studies

Jan 1 1995

Research Interests

  • Medieval History
  • South Italian Medieval Monastic Culture
  • Paleography, especially of Beneventan Minuscule
  • Chapter Room and Chapter Room Libelli

Disciplines

  • History