Alumni News - Karmen Lenz

Karmen Lenz, 2005 PhD Concentration in Medieval Studies in English, with distinction from the University of New Mexico, was awarded the Tom L. Popejoy dissertation prize in Languages and Literatures for her  dissertation on the Alfredian translation of Boethius's Consolation of Philosophy, with emphasis on Alfred's innovations to Boethius's poetry. In 2006, she was awarded a stipend to attend the National Endowment for the Humanities seminar titled "Holy Men and Holy Women of Anglo-Saxon England" through the Department of Anglo-Saxon, Norse, and Celtic Studies at Cambridge University. At the present, she is completing her fifth year as an assistant professor at Macon State College in Macon Georgia. Her course offerings include Old English, Medieval Media (introduction to medieval manuscripts), History of Print, Mythology and Folklore, Early English Literature, Literature of the Renaissance.  She also teaches Early British literature and Early World Literature survey courses. She has publications in Anglo-Latin liturgy and her studies in the Old English Boethius are under consideration by Rodolphi.