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Theresa Tinkle
Arthur F. Thurnau Professor of English
University of Michigan
Education/Degree:
1 English Literature and Language (University of California, Los Angeles)
About
Theresa Tinkle attended Oregon College of Education (BS elementary education), Arizona State University (MA English), and UCLA (PhD English), specializing in medieval literature. She has spent her academic career as a professor of English at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, where she teaches a broad range of subjects including medieval and early modern drama, women writers, treatment of difference in medieval literature, and "mental memoirs," works by writers with mental illnesses.
Current Work
While publishing broadly about gender, authority, attitudes toward religious difference, and academic discourses in medieval English and Latin literature, Theresa developed an interest in disability theory, memoirs about mental illness, and histories of mental health in the USA. Her research in both medieval and disability studies regularly centers on groups of people who are marginalized, oppressed, stigmatized, and negatively stereotyped. This work has developed in the context of her long-term service and pedagogical commitments to institutional diversity and equity, which for her gravitates toward race, ethnicity, religious difference, and mental health.
Research Area Keyword(s)
autobiography/memoir, Disability theory, mental illness