Shelby Preston

PhD Candidate, Graduate Instructor

04 Tate Hall

spky9@mail.missouri.edu

Education

BA-Missouri State University

MA-University of Rochester

PhD-University of Missouri

Research and Teaching

Areas of Study

English Literature and Linguistics
Medieval Literature
Early Modern/Renaissance Literature

Research

Research interests focus on late medieval romance.

Bio

Pronouns: she/her

Shelby’s research is interested in textual resistance to boundary relationship demonstrated in medieval romance literature. She seeks to examine linguistic and formal indeterminacy to emphasize points of contact apparent in Middle English and Middle Scots’ texts.

Awards and Honors

2020 Sewanee Medieval Studies Colloquium Fellowship, Donald E. and Mary Frances Hayden English Fellowship Award, Best English Graduate Student Paper—University of Missouri (2nd place), Lee H. Harris Scholarship