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Doctoral Dissertations Chaired

1976

James M. Gibson "The Literary and Musical Development of the Sheperds Play in Medieval Liturgy and the Middle English Mystery Play "

1975

Stephen F. Lappert "The Sowdon of Babylon: A Critical Edition"

1974

Kevin J. Harty "The Eschatology of the Chester Cycle "

1973

Carolyn Craft "The Context of Human Freedom from Geoffrey of Monmouth to Malory"
Peter Nicholson "The Literary Relations of Chaucer's Shipman's Tale"
Georgianna Ziegler "Queen Guinevere: Study of her Character in English and French Medieval Literature"

1972

Gail Bickford "An Edition of the Middle English Metrical Romance, The Seege of Troye"
Cynthia Bourgeault "The Jongleur Art"
Philip McCaffrey "An Examination of The Chester Mystery Cycle "
Stephen Spangehl "An Edition of the Alliterative Morte Arthure, with Textual Notes and Glossary"

1971

Kathryn Hume "The Owl and the Nightingale: Its Traditions and Art"

1970

Henry W Matalene III "A Conjecture Concerning Dramatic Presentation: With New Readings of Etherege's The Man of Mode and Cibber's The Careless Husband"

1969

Paul Hissiger "An Edition of Le Morte Arthur "
Elizabeth Sklar "England's Arthur: A Study of the Middle English Poem"

1968

Sister Marian Wm. Hoben "John Gower's Confessio Amantis: A History of the Criticism and a Critical Analysis"
Elizabeth Turner Pochoda "Sir Thomas Malory's Thematic Use of Medieval Theories of Government and History "