Curriculum Vitae
Higher Education and Degrees
1966-72 University of California, Berkeley
1963-65 Swarthmore College, Swarthmore, PA
Full-time Academic Employment
Professor of English, UW-Madison, 2001-2011
Professor of English, University of California, Berkeley, 1976-2004
Assistant Professor 1976-84
Associate Professor 1984-95
Full Professor 1995-2003
Assistant Professor of English, Brandeis University, 1972-76
Visiting Associate Professor of English, UCLA, 1989
Teaching and Research Specialties
Old English and Middle English language and literature
Anglo-Saxon England
Comparative medieval literature (esp. English, Old Norse, Celtic, and Old French)
Theory of folklore, mythology, and oral literature
The ballad; the epic; the folktale; Scottish tradition
Chief Awards and Fellowships
Phi Beta Kappa (1967)
Woodrow Wilson Fellow (honorary, 1967-68)
NEH Translation Grant (1980)
Howard Foundation Fellowship (1982-83)
University of California Humanities Research Fellowships (1980, 1987, 1997)
Visiting Fellow, Clare Hall, University of Cambridge (1997-98)
Senior Fellow, Institute for Research in the Humanities, UW-Madison (2004-09)
Elected to WARF Professorship, 2007 (as Frederic G. Cassidy Professsor of Humanities).
Professional Affiliations
International Society of Anglo-Saxonists
(President, 2010-12)
Medieval Academy of America
Modern Language Association of America
Corresponding Fellow, The English
Association (U.K.)
American Folklore Society
California Folklore Society
Celtic Studies Association of North America
International Ballad Society (SIEF)
jdniles@wisc.edu
Updated:10-Oct-2011