Thomas R. Schneider, Ph.D.

Awards:
Chancellor's Distinguished Fellowship, University of California, Riverside (2008-2013)

Certificates:
University Teaching Certificate, University of California, Riverside, 2013
Online Teaching and Learning Certificate, California Baptist University, 2014

British Literature before 1750 (English 213)
Shakespeare Studies (English 413)
Folklore and Fairy Tales (English 355)
Seventeenth Century British Literature (English 333)
Classical Literature (English 323)
Topics in World Literature: Early Epic Poetry (English 303)
Introduction to Literature (English 201)
Introduction to Young Adult Literature (English 363)
Introduction to Children's Literature (English 353)
Detective Fiction (English 360)
Senior Project (English 499)
Multicultural Literature (English 313)
Composition (English 113)
Intermediate Composition (English 123)
Language Structure and Acquisition (English 463/563)

Medieval Literature
The Legends of King Arthur
Fantasy and Fairy Tale
Theories of Motion, Space, Place in Literature
Ecocriticism
Early Modern/Renaissance Literature

Five years of teaching experience in English at the University of California, Riverside

PUBLICATIONS:
"Malory's 'Fyne Force': Motion in Le Morte Darthur. Arthuriana, vol. 30, no. 4, 2020, pp. 56-69.
Introduction. Beowulf, translated by John Earle, Quarto, Knickerbocker Classics, 2017, pp. vii-xvi.
"The Chivalric Masculinity of Marie de France's Shape-Changers." Arthuriana, vol. 26, no. 3, Fall 2016, pp. 25-40.
"Chaucer's Physics: Motion in The House of Fame." In The Passenger: Medieval Texts and Transits. Ed. James Smith. New York: Punctum Books, 2017.
"Review of Pilgrimage in the Middle Ages: A Reader, ed. Brett Edward Whalen." Comitatus. Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies, UCLA. 2012.
"Review of ‘This Earthly Stage’: World and Stage in Late Medieval and Early Modern England, Brett D. Hirsch and Christopher Wortham." Comitatus. Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies, UCLA. 2012.
Multiple entries and annotations in Allen, Mark, and Stephanie Amsel, eds. "An Annotated Chaucer Bibliography, 2013-present" Studies in the Age of Chaucer 36 and on. 2015-present.

DISSERTATION:
Motion in Late Medieval English Literature: Impulse, Randomization, Acceleration. University of California, Riverside. 2013.

SELECTED CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS:
"Irresistible Motion in Middle English Metrical Romance." International Congress on Medieval Studies. Kalamazoo, Michigan. May 11, 2024.
"Merlin Roundtable" Speaker. International Congress on Medieval Studies. Kalamazoo, Michigan. May 9, 2024.
"The Motion of The Mabinogion: student perspectives in a shifting context." 120th Annual Pacific Ancient and Modern Languages Association Conference. Portland, Oregon. October 26, 2023.
"Malory's Forest in Motion." 119th Annual Pacific Ancient and Modern Language Association Conference. UCLA. November 13, 2022.
"Malory's 'Fyne Force': Motion in Le Morte Darthur." Symposium on Medieval and Renaissance Studies. St. Louis University. June 12, 2022.
"Introducing Beowulf to the General Reader." Pacific Ancient and Modern Language Association. Honolulu, Hawaii. November 11, 2017.
"Wolfram's Parzival: Expanding the Boundaries of the Arthurian World." Conference on Christianity and Literature (West). Point Loma Nazarene. San Diego, California. May 12, 2017.
"Online English Instruction: Theory and Praxis." Co-presenter: Gretchen Bartels. Conference on Christianity and Literature (West). California Baptist University. May 12-14, 2016.
"Chaucer's Physics: Motion in The House of Fame." New Chaucer Society Conference. University of Iceland. Reykjavik, Iceland. July 15-20, 2014.
"Chaucer, Mimesis, and the Fantastic in A Midsummer Night's Dream." Pacific Ancient and Modern Language Association Conference. Riverside. October 31-November 2, 2014.
“Medieval Landscape and the Empire of Signs.” Co-presenter: John M. Ganim. Medieval Academy of America 2013 Annual Meeting. Knoxville, Tennessee. April 4-6, 2013.
“‘In a wildernesse, wist I never where’: Wandering and the Romance Landscape in the Piers Plowman B-Text.” Pacific Ancient and Modern Language Association Conference. Seattle. October 19-21, 2012.
“Landscape, Aesthetics, and War in the Poetry of Laurence Minot.” Pacific Ancient and Modern Language Association Conference. Scripps College. Claremont, CA. November 5-6, 2011.
“Knightly Pagans, Monsters, and Bamboo Lances: The East in Wolfram’s Parzival.” International Congress on Medieval Studies. Western Michigan University. Kalamazoo, MI. May 9-12, 2011.
“Containment, Dualism, and the Poetics of Fading in the Works of Robert Lowell and the Beowulf-Poet.” American Literature Association Conference, San Francisco May 27-30, 2010.

The Grove Community Church
Children’s Ministry at the Grove

Regular Volunteer at Tomás Rivera Elementary School.

Written Exam Assessor for the County of Riverside Sheriff's Department

Reading, exploring the outdoors, endurance sports

Every class I teach is about collaborative knowledge creation. I present content, but the richest learning happens where that meets the unique experiences and insights of students. All are respected and discussion is key. Together, we encounter and process stories and ideas.

"For now we see in a mirror, dimly, but then we will see face to face."
- 1 Corinthians 13:12, NRSV