Office Hours:
T/Th 1:15 - 2:30, Wed. 10:00 - 12:30,
and by appt.

Note: The fastest, most effective way to contact me, however, is by email (see address above). If you are enrolled in one of my classes, I will be contacting you via your Millersville email account, so keep it cleared out (it'll stop receiving if it is full) and review it regularly for messages.

Helpful sites for my students:

1. Academic Discourse
   Discussion groups, peer review, and other university discourse.
2. Information for my advisees
   Graduate on time, get a job, have a life!
3. Jing Tutorials
4. Make It Work: 
   A guide to digital functionalities used in my courses.
5. Writing A Paper for me
   Layout, design, and ascription issues
   • Academic Integrity
   • Documentation Guidelines (MLA)

Teaching Schedule Fall, 2009

Physical Classroom:   

  ENGL220: Introduction to Language Studies
   (2 sections: 11:00, 2:30 T/Th)

Textbook: Fasold and Connor-Linton.  An Introduction to Language and Linguistics. Cambridge U.P., 2006.  ISBN 0-521-61235-7

 ENGL 403/603: Chaucer

Textbooks: Hardback or paper, any edition

1. Davis, Norman. A Chaucer Glossary. Oxford University Press, 1979; ISBN 978-0198111719
2. Horobin, Simon & Jeremy Smith. An Introduction to Middle English. Oxford U.P. 0195219503
3. Saul, Nigel. The Oxford Illustrated History of Medieval England. Oxford U.P. 1997. Paperback. ISBN-19-289324-6
4. Optional: Geoffrey Chaucer. The Complete Poetry and Prose of Geoffrey Chaucer. John Fisher (ed.) Cengage Learning ISBN-13: 9780030286124). [Or use the Riverside Chaucer, Larry Benson, ed. Both are readily available used online. You just want a complete Chaucer in the original, and not just the Canterbury Tales.]

 ENGL 221: Introduction to Linguistic Analysis

Textbooks: Hardback or paper, any edition

1. Steven Pinker. The Language Instinct: How the Mind Creates Language. Morrow Press, ISBN: 0060958332
2. Stephen R. Anderson. Doctor Dolittle's Delusion: Animals and the Uniqueness of Human Language. Yale U.P., 2006 ISBN 0300115253
3. Keith Allan, Kate Burridge. Forbidden Words: Taboo and the Censoring of Language. Cambridge U.P. ISBN 0521525640

Course learning materials at our course website. You will be given the username and password the first day of class, while course activities are on Blackboard

These materials as well as my course websites are password protected to protect both your privacy and course integrity.  If you are enrolled in one of my course or are my advisee, you will be provided with the necessary username and password information.  If you need them right away, email me at bduncan@millersville.edu. I will check your enrollment/advisement status and respond with the appropriate information. If MU-Online students want to drop, please email me with your M00 and a formal request to drop a particular course. That can be accomplished online.

Areas of Specialization

Teaching/Learning

• Medieval Languages and Literature
• Middle English
• Linguistics
• Women's Studies
• Business Communication

Learning/Sharing

Women's Studies Steering Committee

Executive Editor, ReSoundings

Medieval Medicine, Particularly Ophthalmology

Medieval Women's Intellectual and Creative Work

ENGL220: Introduction to Language Studies

ENGL 221: Introduction to Linguistic Analysis

ENGL 316: Business Writing

ENGL 337: Women Writers of the Middle Ages

ENGL 402/602: Middle English

ENGL 403/603: Chaucer

ENGL465: Neurolinguistics

ENGL 676: Business Writing for Managers and Executives