Francis Tobienne

Professor Francis Tobienne, Jr. is a Purdue Doctoral Fellow and is a medievalist who specializes in Middle English Language and Literature, Medieval Iberia, Magic and Monster Theory. He has published his first monograph, The Position of Magic In Selected Medieval Spanish Texts (Cambridge Scholars Press, 2008) and is at work as a Dali Researcher at the Dali Museum on his second manuscript, tentatively titled: Dali's Medievalism: La Brujeria de Las Mujeres. He has taught at Purdue University,...See more

Professor Francis Tobienne, Jr. is a Purdue Doctoral Fellow and is a medievalist who specializes in Middle English Language and Literature, Medieval Iberia, Magic and Monster Theory. He has published his first monograph, The Position of Magic In Selected Medieval Spanish Texts (Cambridge Scholars Press, 2008) and is at work as a Dali Researcher at the Dali Museum on his second manuscript, tentatively titled: Dali's Medievalism: La Brujeria de Las Mujeres. He has taught at Purdue University, Eckerd College -PEL and continues to teach Composition Writing, Professional Writing and Literature at University of South Florida-St. Pete (USF-SP). Further, his poetry can be found in Afroeurpa: Journal of Afroeuropean Studies, Harvard University's The Dudley Review (Harvard UP), and The Matthew House Project. He has written numerous articles and book reviews on cultural matters for the Purdue BCC Newsletter, Hortulus, The Sycamore Review, The Sixteenth Century Journal and Callaloo. He hopes to continue his teaching, researching and writing at USF-SP where he has taken up root, and though originally from St. Croix-Virgin Islands, looks forward to calling Florida a home away from home. See less