Contact Information

Office: 4027 JFSB

Phone: 422-8771

Email: zina_petersen@byu.edu

Commonly Taught Courses English 251
English 291
English 371
English 381
Various Honors and seminar courses in other medieval topics

Also a transfer professor for Church History and Education, teaching the Doctrine and Covenants

Semester Schedule: Winter 2013:

ENGL 330
MW 12:05-1:20
3082 JFSB

ENGL 371
MW 1:35-2:50
B105 JFSB


Student Consultations:
MWF 10:00-11:00 or by appointment

Biography:

Zina Petersen teaches courses in early British literature and language. She received her graduate degrees from The Catholic University of America in 1992 and 1997. Her research interests include the literary history of Christianity, mysticism, women's religious and spiritual writings, Chaucer, Malory and King Arthur traditions. She also follows developments in popular Medievalism, which, as distinct from Medieval Studies, is the exploration of the uses and interpretation of the Middle Ages (for instance, the pre-Raphaelites or twentieth-century fantasy as a "medievalistic" genre). She is the faculty advisor for the Quill and the Sword medieval club.

Degrees: PhD, Catholic U, 1997

Interests:

British Medieval literature and history, Religion, Women's Spirituality, King Arthur