JOYCE ELLEN SALISBURY

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Frankenthal Professor of History Emerita Home Address:
University of Wisconsin-Green Bay 985 N. Broadway, Apt 74
De Pere, WI 54115

email: Salisbuj@uwgb.edu

EDUCATION:

Rutgers Graduate School - Ph.D. - Medieval History l98l
Rutgers University College - B.A. - History l973
Cal State University at Long Beach l969-l970
Florida State University l962-l964

HONORS AND AWARDS:

Frankenthal Professorship of History 1993-1998
CASE (Council for Advancement and Support of Education) Professor of Year - Wisconsin 1991
Founder's Award for Outstanding Scholarship 1989-90
Newberry Library Fellowship 1989
Founder's Award for Outstanding Teaching 1987-88
Wisconsin Teaching Fellow l986-l987
NOVUS Award for Outstanding Paper at CAES Conference l985
Outstanding Student Advisor Award l983-84, l985-86
Wisconsin Humanities Committee Grant l986
Adele Mellen Prize for Scholarship l985
Lilly Fellowship for Teaching Improvement l982
E. McNail Burns History Award l973

ADMINISTRATIVE EXPERIENCE:

Associate Dean Liberal Arts and Sciences 2003-2005
Chair of History Program 1999-2001
Director of International Education, University of Wisconsin-Green Bay 1989-2000
Director of “Introduction to College” 1990-1999
Freshman Orientation Program

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Member, Wisconsin Humanities Council 2005-2008
Adjunct lecturer, Lakeland College 2007-2008
Adjunct Lecturer, Semester at Sea University of Virginia Spring 2007, Spring 2009
Professor of HistoryUniversity of Wisconsin - Green Bay 1990 - 2005
Associate Professor in Humanistic Studies,University of Wisconsin-Green Bay l985-1990
Assistant Professor in Humanistic Studies,University of Wisconsin-Green Bay l98l-l985
Instructor - American School of Madrid Spring l978

TEACHING

I regularly taught the following courses at University of Wisconsin– Green Bay

• Freshman level introductory courses in the Humanities: Foundations of Western Culture I and II - Both in class and on line.

• Lower level : History of the Middle Ages

• Upper level Humanities courses: Perspectives on Human Values: The Medieval World and various Themes in the Humanities and Great Works.

• Upper level History courses: History of Christianity; History of the Middle Ages and History of Ancient and Medieval Women.

Specialized teaching:

June 2005 “Sex and the Holy City” - week-long seminar at Center for Inquiry, at State University of Binghamton. Included topics: “Sex in the Bible,” “Sex in the Desert”, “Sex and the Law” “Sex and Medicine,” “Human identity.”

Spring 2007, 2009 “Medieval Travel Accounts,” “Mysticism and Religious Experiences,” “World Religions” - taught at Semester at Sea while circumnavigating the globe.

Fall 2007- Spring 2008 “Religion in America” for Lakeland College

PUBLICATIONS - BOOKS:

Global Medieval Life and Culture 3 volumes. Under contract with Greenwood to be completed by Fall 2008. I am the general editor and author of one volume.

The Blood of Martyrs. NY: Routledge, 2004.

Encyclopedia of Daily Life Through History. General Editor of the six-volume set, and editor of Volume 2. Westport, CT: Greenwood, 2004. Named “Best Reference Source” 2004 by Library Journal and “Outstanding Reference Title” by Booklist

The West in the World: A Mid-Length Narrative History New York: McGraw Hill, 2000. Third Edition 2009. Translated into Spanish: Civilizaciones de Occidente.

An Encyclopedia of Women in the Ancient World. Santa Barbara: ABC-CLIO, 2001. Named “Best Reference Source” 2001 by Library Journal

Perpetua's Passion: Death and Memory of a Young Roman Woman. Routledge, Chapman and Hall. 1997. Translated into Dutch and Japanese. - Selected by Quality Paperback Book Club as featured book.

The Beast Within: Animals in the Middle Ages. New York: Routledge, Chapman and Hall, 1994.

Excerpt of this work included in Writing and Reading Across the Curriculum, ed. L. Behrens and L.J. Rosen. NY: Longman’s 2000.

Medieval World of Nature. Edited collection of essays. New York: Garland, 1993.

Sex in the Middle Ages. Edited collection of essays. New York: Garland Publishing Co., 1991.

Church Fathers, Independent Virgins. London: Verso Press, 1991. Translated into Spanish: Padres de la Iglesia, Virgenes Independientes. Bogota: TM Editores, 1994.

Medieval Sexuality: A Research Guide. New York: Garland Publishing Co. 1990

Iberian Popular Religion, 600 B.C. to 700 A.D.: Celts, Romans and Visigoths. New York: Edwin Mellen Press, l985. Recipient of the Adele Mellen Prize for distinguished contribution to scholarship.

SERIES EDITOR:

Garland Medieval Casebooks 1991-1998

PUBLICATIONS - ARTICLES:

“When Sex Stopped Being a Social Disease: Sex and the Desert Fathers and Mothers,” forthcoming in Medieval Sexuality: A Casebook, ed. April Harper and Caroline Proctor. Routledge 2007.

“’In Vain Have I Smitten Your Children’”: Augustine Defines Just War” in The Just War and Jihad, ed. R. Joseph Hoffmann. Amherst: Prometheus Books, 2006, 203-216.

"Human Beasts and Bestial Humans in the Middle Ages" in Becoming Beast, ed. J. Ham and M. Senior. NY: Routledge, 1996.

"Gendered Sexuality" in Handbook of Medieval Sexuality, ed. V. Bullough. NY: Garland, 1995.

"Human Animals of Medieval Fables," in Animals of the Middle Ages, ed.N. Flores. NY: Garland, 1994.

"Christianity Defines Human Sexuality," In Early Christian Studies, ed. K.B. Free. Edwin Mellon Press, 1994.

"Academic Quality and Experiential Learning: A Model for Short Term Study Abroad Programs." in Cross-Cultural Curriculum and the Study Abroad Program, edited by Deborah J. Hill. Columbus, OH: Renaissance Publications, 1991, pp. 161-173.

"Bestiality" in Sex in the Middle Ages (New York: Garland, 1991), pp. 173-86.

"Teresa of Avila" in Great Lives of the Renaissance, Frank N. Magill, ed. Pasadena, CA: Salem Press, Inc., 1989, pp. 2288-2292.

"Melania the Younger: A Reevaluation of the Manuscript Tradition" (co-authored with Robert Wojtowicz) Manuscripta 33 (1989), pp. 137-144.

"Catherine of Siena" in Great Lives from History: Ancient and Medieval Series. Frank N. Magill, ed. Pasadena, Ca.: Salem Press, Inc., 1988, pp. 417-422.

"The Latin Doctors of the Church on Sexuality," Journal of Medieval History, l2 (l986), pp. 279-289.

"The Bond of a Common Mind: A Study of Collective Salvation," Journal of Religious History (June, l985), pp. 235-247.

"Athens vs. Sparta: A Classroom War Game," Teaching History, (Fall, l984), pp. 6l-68.

"The Origin of the Power of Vincent the Martyr," Proceedings of the PMR Conference 9(l983), pp. 97-l07.

"Fruitful in Singleness," Journal of Medieval History, 8 (l982), pp. 97-l06.

MUSEUM EXHIBIT

"Medieval and Renaissance British Brass Rubbings," organizer and project director for historical display at the Neville Public Museum in Green Bay, WI. The display also toured the State for l987.

MEDIA:

“Core Concepts in the Humanities.” Content consultant for CD-ROM of interactive exercises to accompany history and humanities courses. In progress.

“Greenwood Daily Life Online” Content consultant for on-line encyclopedia. Launched 2004.

“The Passion of the Christ,” interview on Wisconsin Public Radio “Here on Earth” March 2004.

"Heretics and the Orthodox: History of Religious Dissent" five-part radio series on Wisconsin Public Radio - Jan. 1988

"Medieval Women," videotape I wrote and produced that is being distributed by Insight Media, NY.

"Medieval Judaism." Videotape I wrote and produced. Funded by a Wisconsin UTIC grant. Distributed by Insight Media, NY.

“Medieval Armor and Heraldry.” Videotape I wrote and produced. Distributed by Insight Media, NY.

I have done several interviews on National Public Radio (On "To the Best of our Knowledge") on my books and research.

BOOK REVIEWS:

Numerous reviews in Speculum, Journal of Social History, Journal of Sex Research, Catholic Historical Review, and American Historical Review. Most recently forthcoming in 2009.

PAPERS AND PRESENTATIONS:

Keynote speaker at Sex in the Middle Ages conference at St. Andrews University, Scotland, June 2004. Paper: “Sex in the Desert: Desert Fathers (and Mothers) Learn About sexuality in Solitude.”

Keynote speaker at many community and national groups from 1996-2004, including TEMPO, Federal Women’s Program Conference, Women of Vision, Aestival Writers’ Conference, Art Street. Topic: “Secrets of Successful Historical Women.”

NEH Summer Seminar on Animals in the Middle Ages - July, 1996. Guest expert for three days of lectures.

Keynote speaker at "Animal Symbolism" conference at University of Groningen, Netherlands, July 1995.

"Claiming Space: Perpetua in the Amphitheatre" at International Medieval Conference, Leeds, England, July 1995.

"Martyrdom and Maternity: Perpetua the Martyr," American Historical Association, January 1994.

"Bestial Humans in Medieval Literature," Kentucky Foreign Language Conference, April 1994.

"Christianity Defines Human Sexuality," Keynote speaker at Conference on Early Christianity. Loyola Marymount University, September 1993.

"Medieval Fables as a Conservative Force," delivered at International Congress of Medieval Studies, May 1993.

"Medieval Farm Animals and their Owners," delivered at Medieval Academy Conference, April 1991.

"Bestiality in Medieval Law Codes," delivered at American Society of Legal Historians Conference, October 1990.

Chair in panel "Medieval Women and Christian Life," for the Berkshire Conference of Women Historians, June, l987.

"The Legend of St. Thecla," delivered at Society for Church History Conference, Hamilton, Canada, April, l987.

"The Latin Doctors of the Church on Sexuality," delivered at American Historical Association convention in New York, New York, December, l985.

"Seek Not to Appear Over-eloquent: Jerome's Views on Virgins Revised," delivered at Committee for Advancement of Early Studies Conference in Muncie, Indiana, October, l985. Winner of NOVUS cash and publication award.

"St. Helie's Views on Marriage and Virginity," delivered at Annual Women's Studies Conference in Madison, Wisconsin, September, l984.

Commentator in panel, "Images as History," for the Berkshire Conference of Women Historians, June, l984.

"The Origin of the Power of Vincent the Martyr," delivered at the Patristics,Medieval and Renaissance Conference at Villanova University, September, l983.

"Social Rituals in Visigothic Villages," delivered at Sixteenth Annual Conference of Center for Medieval and Early Renaissance Studies, October, l982.

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Languages:

Speaking knowledge: Spanish
Reading knowledge: Spanish, Portuguese, French, Latin

Dated: September 2008