Resume

• 1994

  Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)

  English Language and Literature/Letters

  University of Toronto

• 1993

  Master of Arts (M.A.)

  English Literature and Rhetoric

  University of Waterloo

• 1991

  Bachelor of Arts (B.A.)

  English Literature

  University of Waterloo

• 1984

  Bachelor of Religious Education (B.R.E.)

  Biblical Studies

  Briercrest College

• digital humanities

  Academia

  Higher Education

  Adult Education

  College Teaching

  History

  Rhetoric

  teaching

  researching

  finding stuff

  Courses

  cultural history

  Lecturing

  textual studies

  Digital Humanities

  Teaching

  University Teaching

  rhetoric

  Student Affairs

  Literature

  Theory

  Academic Writing

  Holy Ambition: Rhetoric

  Courtship

  and Devotion in the Sermons of John Donne.

  This study examines the rich resource for rhetorical invention that Donne found in the contemporary culture of courtship. The first half of the book employs the theories of Kenneth Burke in tandem with ancient and early-modern rhetorical theory to examine Elizabethan and Jacobean expressions of social desire (sexual

  political

  economic

  etc.). It demonstrates how Donne employed these modes of courtship to stimulate and direct his audience's thought and desire with respect to matters of religious devotion. The second half of the book applies this socio-rhetorical paradigm of courtship in close readings of three Donne sermons. This study will be of interest to scholars and students of early-modern literature and rhetoric and to those interested in homiletics and devotional literature.

  Holy Ambition: Rhetoric

  Courtship

  and Devotion in the Sermons of John Donne.

  Digital technologies are changing the way in which we can understand and analyse history and its associated artefacts. The aim of this book is to encapsulate the potential that digital technologies pose for Medieval Material Culture

  providing examples of leading projects worldwide which are enabling new forms of research in this area. The text aims to provide a broad overview of the type of tools now used by historians – such as text encoding

  digitization

  and visualization

  juxtaposing this with core concerns from historians investigating particular research questions. As such

  it draws together a key body of research in this area

  demonstrating how digital tools and techniques can aid in changing our understanding of the past. http://acmrs.org/publications/catalog/digitizing-medieval-culture

  Digitizing Medieval and Early Modern Material Culture

  Opuscula: Short Texts of the Middle Ages and Renaissance (OSTMAR) is a peer-reviewed

  on-line journal/text series published by Classical

  Medieval and Renaissance Studies at the University of Saskatchewan

  specializing in short texts of the Middle Ages and Renaissance. We seek single-witness editions of a broad range of pre-modern texts including but not limited to literary and philosophical works

  letters

  charters

  court documents

  and notebooks.

  The DigitalArk

  The Digital Ark is a database of artifacts and natural specimens as represented by surviving records of early modern collections

  museum databases

  contemporary drawings and engravings

  as well as images of extant remnants of these collections. Initially

  this database will focus on England and Scotland from 1580-1700

  beginning with the collection of Walter Cope and ending with Ralph Thoresby.

  ArchBook: Architectures of the Book

  ArchBook is an open-access

  peer-reviewed collection of richly illustrated essays about specific design features in the history of the book.

  John Donne Society's Digital Prose Project

  This is an initiative of the John Donne Society. Our project is to build a digital archive of primary materials related to the prose works of John Donne. This is a collaborative project. We invite participants from all walks of life

  both professional and amateur scholars.

  Nelson

  Brent

  Nelson

  University of Saskatchewan

  University of Saskatchewan