Dr. Jerry Ball

Professor of English

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Education

• Ph.D. English-Medieval, 1986, University of TN-Knoxville
• M. A. English, 1980, Arkansas State University
• B.A. English, 1971, Arkansas State University

Teaching Specialties

• Medieval
• Arthurian Literature
• Language History
• Restoration/18th Century
• Early Christian Literature
• Grammar

Courses Taught

• The English Language
• Comparative Modern Grammars
• Introduction to Linguistics
• The Bible as Literature
• Introduction to Literature of the Western World
• English Composition I
• English Composition II

Research Interests

• Current Project:
  18th Century English Views of Sappho, Joseph of Arimathea and the Grail, Lost Music: The Decline of Metrics in Modern Poetry

Honors/Awards

• ASTATE Faculty Achievement Award for Advising (2014)

Curriculum Vitae

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