Jackie Hendricks
Jackie Hendricks received her Ph.D. in English from Northwestern University in 2013 with an emphasis in medieval literature. She also received an M.A. from San Jose State University in 2006 while working in the semiconductor industry, and a B.A. from UCLA in 1999. Her research looks at intersections between Middle English texts, especially Chaucer, and modern popular culture and/or global literature.
She teaches a variety of courses, including Medieval Literature, Cultures & Ideas, Engineering Communications, Global Literatures, Critical Thinking & Writing, and Advanced Writing.
She also directs the Premodern Studies Minor, an interdisciplinary Humanities minor that allows students to explore the global premodern period between late antiquity and 1800.