Kristin Bovaird-Abbo
Professor & Director of Undergraduate Studies
English
College of Humanities & Social Sciences
English
College of Humanities & Social Sciences
Ph.D., University of Kansas, Dissertation: Geoffrey Chaucer's use of the Arthurian legend
Associate Professor, English, University of Northern Colorado
Prof. Bovaird-Abbo's areas of special interest include medieval language and literature, particularly Middle English and Arthurian studies, and she regularly teaches classes on Old English, Middle English, History of the English Language, Linguistics, the Arthurian Legend (medieval to modern), and J. R. R. Tolkien.
Her current research project explores the effects of gender and class on depictions of the Arthurian character of Gawain in fourteenth- and fifteenth-century Middle English romances, particularly in terms of Gawain鈥檚 interactions with women and younger knights, as a reflection of changing values among the English gentry.
Her wider research and teaching interests include linguistics, James Joyce, Victorian poetry, drama, mythology, and medievalism. In her free time, she enjoys hiking in Rocky Mountain National Park with her family.
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