Office Hours:
T/Th 1:00 - 2:30, Wed. 10:00 - 12:00, 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 recieving if it is full) and review it regularly for messages.

Helpful sites for my students:

1. Academic Discourse
   D iscussion 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 Spring, 2009

Physical Classroom:   

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

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

MU-Online: (These courses have no physical presence on campus.)

 ENGL 402/602: Middle English

1. Fernand Mossé and James A. Walker. Handbook of Middle English The Johns Hopkins University Press; 2000. 978-0801867613
2. Thomas Garbáty, Medieval English Literature. Heath, 1983, ISBN 0881339504
3. Nigel Saul, The Oxford Illustrated History of Medieval England, Oxford University Press, 2001, ISBN 0192893246

   Note: of these, only the Saul is new. Mossé and Garbáty have been around forever. (It's not as though Middle English is changing.) There are plenty of used copies out there.

 ENGL 337: Women Writers of the Middle Ages
                      Note: there is no textbook for this course. All learning materials
                               are provided free to you online

Web access information for all three courses: 

• Course learning materials at our course website. You will be given the username and password the first day of class.
• 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.

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