Dr. Barbara Goodman

Professor of English

Office: G121
English
College of Arts & Sciences
BarbaraGoodman@clayton.edu
Phone: (678) 466-4735

Biography

I received my PhD in Medieval Literature from the University of London, King's College. I taught at a local college in suburban Chicago, before moving to Clayton State as department chair in 2009. I retired in 2022.

Education

Ph D, English, University of London, 2005

Intellectual Contributions

Barbara A. Goodman, Louise Bourgeois. Midwife to the Queen of France: Diverse Observations., Seventeenth-Century News – April 2018

Presentations

Barbara A. Goodman, Duplicity and Deception for God's Sake: Gender and Race in Middle English Polemical Christian Works, Southeastern Medieval Association Annual Converence, SEMA – November 2019

Barbara A. Goodman, Teaching Medieval Literature Online at a Predominantly Black Institution: Creating a Socially Responsive Curriculum, SAMLA 91 Language, Power, Identity, Relationships, SAMLA – November 2019

Service to the University & University System of Georgia

College, Arts and Sciences Curriculum, Attendee, Meeting – August 2019 to Present

College, UCARE, Attendee, Meeting – Spring 2016 to Present

University, University Panel, Committee Member – Fall 2018 to Present

Service to the Profession

Member, Medieval Academy of America Spring 2017 to December 2020

Member, Southeastern Medieval Association Fall 2011 to Present

Teaching Interest

World Literature
Medieval Literature
British Literature
History of English Language

Research Interest

Transformation and disenchantment motifs in medieval literature
Race and gender in medieval literature
Universal motifs and overarching topics in epics and tragedy