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    Susan Sainato

    Susan Sainato

    Department of English
    Professor
    Campus:
    Kent
    Office Location:
    204E Satterfield Hall
    Contact Information
    Email:
    ssainato@kent.edu
    Phone:
    330-672-1739

    Biography

    Dr. Sainato earned her Doctor of Philosophy in Middle English Literature, her Master's Degree in Teaching, and her Bachelor's Degree in English. Her research areas include Middle English, Early Modern English, Text Linguistics, online learning, and popular literature. She has earned awards and nominations for her teaching. Students selected her as the Distinguished Honors Faculty of 2009 and have nominated her for the KSU College of Arts & Sciences Distinguished Teaching award two times. She continues to teach a variety of literature, writing, and service-learning courses, both online and face-to-face. She is Quality Matters Certified, a Quality Matters Peer Reviewer, and A Quality Matters Master Reviewer. She continues to be active in exploring and applying additional techniques and using best practices in course development for distance learning as she works with the Office of Continuing and Distance Education.

    Research Areas
    • Medieval and Renaissance Literature and Cultural Studies
    • Arthurian Romance
    • Historical Linguistics
    • Composition

    Education

    Ph.D. English, Kent State University, 2002

    Publications

    • "Not Your Typical Knight: the Emerging On-Screen Defender." The Medieval Hero on Film. Ed. Martha Driver and Sid Ray. Jefferson, NC: McFarland, 2004. 133-46.
    • "'She May Have Bettre Fortune Than Yow Semeth': Revisioning Dorigen." Proceedings of the Second Dakotas Conference on Early British Literature. Ed. John H. Laflin. Aberdeen, SD: Northern State University Press, 1994. 37-46.
    • "The Final Encyclopedia: Gordan R. Dickson's Creative Universe." Extrapolation 36 (1995): 360-68.
    • Rev. of C.S. Lewis in Context, by Doris T. Myers. Extrapolation 36 (1995): 168.

    Awards/Achievements

    • 2011 Distinguished Honors Faculty Award Recipient
    • 2009 Distinguished Honors Faculty Award Recipient
    Department of English

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    Kent, OH 44242

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