Acting Dean of Summer Sessions

June 28, 2010 

As noted in a previous announcement, Loy Lytle will complete his term on recall as Dean of Summer Sessions on June 30, 2010.  We again thank Loy for his many years of service to the campus, and for going beyond the call of duty to serve in this transition year.

We are pleased to announce that Carol Pasternack has agreed to serve as Acting Dean of  Summer Sessions, effective July 1, 2010.   After teaching for three years at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, Carol has been a faculty member in the Department of English and the Program in Medieval Studies since 1987, centering her research on issues of textuality and sexuality in Anglo-Saxon England. Her publications, promoting new directions in her field, include The Textuality of Old English Poetry and collections of essays: Vox intexta: Orality and Textuality in the Middle Ages (co-edited with A.N. Doane), Gender and Difference in the Middle Ages (co-edited with Sharon Farmer), and Sex and Sexuality in Anglo-Saxon England (co-edited with Lisa M.C. Weston).  In addition to serving on and chairing a variety of campus committees, she has periodically chaired the Advisory Committee of Medieval Studies Program and served as chair of the Undergraduate Program in the English Department. Throughout her tenure, she has been involved in curricular innovation, among other efforts, working in the English Department’s Transcriptions curricular initiative, developing such courses as “From Scroll to Screen,” “The Voice and the Page,” “The Material Lyric,” which involve students directly in a variety of media, from oral performance to manuscript to digital technologies. In addition, she has been central to English Department efforts to develop ways of making the larger classes necessary to current budgetary strictures more interactive. Her honors include the Professional Women’s Association “Unsung Heroines Award” and the English Department’s Graduate Mentorship Award.  Consequently, she has an outstanding background and skill set to take on this new job.

Please join us in thanking Loy Lytle and in welcoming Carol Pasternack.