Education

The University of Chicago, Ph.D. History
Major Field: Medieval European History
Dissertation: "The Form and Use of Religious Primers at Fifteenth-Century Montserrat"
Committee: Rachel Fulton (Chair), Tamar Herzog, Frederick De Armas.

1998 St. John's University School of Theology, M.A. Theology cum laude
Major Field, Monastic Studies
Minor Field, Church History

1996 The University of Toronto, M.A. Medieval Studies
Master's Thesis: "The Liberation of Alfonso VI and the Cluniac-Leonese Alliance Re-examined (1065-1072)."
Advisor: Mark D. Meyerson
1991 The University of Wisconsin-Madison, B.A. History, Spanish, Latin American and Iberian Studies, and History of Culture cum laude
Certificate in Medieval Studies

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Publications

Articles

"Itinerario: Reflections on Walking in Spain." The Chicago Art Journal 16 (2006): 52-59 and 72-81.

Translations

Herzog, Tamar. Upholding Justice: Society, State, and the Penal System in Quito (1650-1750).
In History, Languages, and Cultures of the Spanish and Portuguese World. Tr. Daniel K. Gullo.
Ann Arbor, MI: University of Michigan Press, 2004.

Editions

Fernando V, and Isabel I. Ordenanzas de la ciudad de Sevilla (1492-5-30). Ed. Daniel K. Gullo.
Archivo digital de los manuscritos y textos españoles. version 1.01. [CD-ROM]. Madrid: Micronet S.A., 1992.

Fernando V, and Isabel I. Ordenanzas sobre los escribanos de la ciudad de Sevilla (1492-5-30). Ed. Daniel K. Gullo.
Archivo digital de los manuscritos y textos españoles. version 1.01. [CD-ROM]. Madrid: Micronet S.A., 1992.

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Conferences

January, 2008. “The Problem of Benedictine Observance at Montserrat.”
The University of Chicago Renaissance Workshop. Chicago, IL.

November, 2006. "Authority and Resistance to Reform at Santa María de Montserrat, 1480-1493."
The University of Chicago Medieval Studies Workshop. Chicago, IL.

September, 2006. "Cultivating Friendship and Exchanging Knowledge: The Llullist Circle at the 1489 Cortes of Zaragoza."
Conference of the Historians of Medieval Iberia, University of St. Andrews, Scotland.

May, 2006. "Friendship and its Limits at the End of the Fifteenth-Century: The Letters of Bernat Boyl and Arnau Descós."
A paper presented for the North American Catalan Society, International Congress for Medieval Studies,
Kalamazoo, MI.

October, 2005. "Coexistence and the Imposition of Reform: The Case of Bernat Boyl's Translation of Isaac of Ninevah's De religione during the Reforms of Montserrat."
Fifteenth Annual Conference of the Texas Medieval Association, Houston, TX.

October, 2004. "Isaac of Ninevah's De vita contemplatiua in the Later Middle Ages: Bernat Boyl's translation in BPR, Madrid MS II/795."
Texts and Contexts: A Conference at the Center for Epigraphical and Palaeographical Studies at The Ohio State University ,
Columbus, OH.

November, 2003. "Printing and Monastic Formation: Two Views from Padua and Montserrat."
Medieval Intellectual History Workshop. Chicago, IL.

February, 2003. "Early Printed Indulgences of Santa María de Montserrat 1497-1500."
The Newberry Library Fellows Seminar. Chicago, IL.

October, 2002. "People, Books, and Prayer: Approaches to the Study of Late Medieval Monastic Spiritual Formation."
The Newberry Library Wednesday Colloquium. Chicago, IL.

June, 2002. "Medieval Spain, Medieval Spains, and the Medieval Spanish Kingdoms."
Erasmus Summer Institute. St. John's University, Queens, NY.

November, 2001. "Reading, Writing, and Community Formation at Fifteenth-Century Montserrat."
The University of Chicago Medieval Studies Workshop. Chicago, IL.

September, 2001. "A Commmunity of Texts: New Approaches to the Study of Medieval Monasticism."
Hill Monastic Manuscript Library Lecture Series. St. John's University, Collegeville, MN.

May, 2000. "From 'le secret' to 'lugar secreto': Reading, Writing, and Community Formation
in the Work of García Jiménez de Cisneros at Fifteenth-Century Montserrat."
Rocky Mountain Medieval and Renaissance Association. Snow Bird, UT.

May, 1998. "An Exalted King Heard a Prophet: Augustine's David as a Model
Christian Penitent in Ennaratio in Psalmum 50(51).
International Congress of Medieval Studies. Kalamazoo, MI.

May, 1997. "The Liberation of Alfonso VI: The Formation of a Medieval Narrative."
International Congress of Medieval Studies. Kalamazoo, MI.

May, 1996. "Pious Revelation and Historical Investigation: Egeria's Pilgrimage to the Holy Land 381-384"
International Congress of Medieval Studies. Kalamazoo, MI.

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Fellowships and Awards

2007-2008 Bessie L. Pierce Prize Preceptorship.
2006-2007 Bessie L. Pierce Prize Preceptorship.
2003 France Chicago Center François Furet Summer Travel Grant.
2002 Newberry Library Spencer Foundation Fellowship.
2002 Huntington Library Fletcher Jones Foundation Fellow.
2002 Erasmus Institute Summer Seminar Grant.
2001 University of Chicago Kunstadter Research Grant.
2001 Hill Monastic Manuscript Library Heckman Grant.
2000 University of Chicago CLAS Field Research Grant.
1998-2001 University of Chicago Four Year University Fellowship.
1998 St. John's University Graduate Travel Scholarship.
1997-98 St. John's University Graduate Fellowship.
1996-97 St. John's University Siehl Merit Scholarship.
1996-97 St. John's University Graduate Scholarship.
1994-96 University of Toronto Tuition Bursary Scholarship.
1993 University of Toronto Open Master's Fellowship.
1993 University of Toronto Fee Waiver Scholarship.
1991 Phi Beta Kappa.
1991 Sigma Delta Pi: Sociedad Nacional Hispánica.
1991 Phi Kappa Phi.
1991 Elizabeth Brown Scholarship in Romance Languages.
1990 Golden Key International Honour Society.
1989 Phi Eta Sigma.
1989-1991 Dean's List.

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Teaching Experience

Lecturer, European Civilization II, The University of Chicago, Spring 2008

Lecturer, European Civilization I, The University of Chicago, Winter 2008

Preceptor, Department of History, The University of Chicago, 2007-2008

Preceptor, Department of History, The University of Chicago, 2006-2007

Lecturer, European Civilization I, The University of Chicago, Fall 2006

Teaching Assistant, Western Civilization, The University of Chicago, Fall 2001 and Spring 2002.

Instructor, Medieval History, Medieval Monasticism, Medieval Spirituality
The University of Chicago Graham School of Continuing Studies. 1999, 2000, 2003.

Teacher, Spanish Language, St. Joseph Catholic High School, Ogden, Utah. 1992-1993.

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Professional Experience

Les Enluminures and Textmanuscripts.com: Manunscript Cataloguer, Chicago, IL, 2004-Present.
Provided critical descriptions of medieval manuscripts for sale and auction catalogues.

Newberry Library Center for Renaissance Studies, Conference Organizer, Chicago, IL, 2003.
Co-organizer and panellist for annual summer graduate student conference.

Wisconsin State Historical Museum, Summer associate, Madison, WI, 1998.
Assisted in preparations and outreach for Wisconsin's state sesquicentennial celebration.

Sociedad Estatal para la Ejecución de los Programas del Quintocentenario, Editor, Madrid, 1992.
Text editor of incunabula for the ADMYTE digitalization project of documents relating to the
five-hundredth anniversary of Columbus' voyage to the Americas.


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Languages

Spanish (near native), Catalan, French, Italian, Latin, and Portuguese (Reading Knowledge).

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Academic Memberships

Medieval Academy of America.
International Center of Medieval Art.
American Academy of Research Historians of Medieval Spain.
Society of Spanish and Portuguese Historical Studies.
American Historical Association.

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