Dr. Schuyler Eastin is an associate professor of literature at PLNU where he teaches premodern literature. His research interests include medieval romance, premodern labor, medievalism in modern popular culture, gaming/ludonarrative, and inclusive pedagogy. Dr. Eastin is an alumnus of PLNU where he met his wife Zena. They live in Alpine, California and have two brilliant and active children.
Education
- Ph.D., English, University of California, Riverside
- M.A., English, California State University Long Beach
- B.A., Literature, Point Loma Nazarene University
Courses Taught
- Literature and Culture - ENG 2000
- Myths: Ancient and Modern - ENG 2030
- British Writers I - ENG 2054
- Diverse Voices in World Literature - ENG 3050
- Medieval Literature - ENG 4044
- Enlightenment Literature - ENG 4045
- Medieval and Early Modern Drama and Poetry - ENG 4060
Experience in Field
- Lecturer, Analytical Writing Program, UC San Diego
- Lecturer, University Writing Program, UC Riverside
- Adjunct Professor, Department of English, San Diego Christian College
Dissertations, Presentations, and Publications
DISSERTATION
- Doctoral Dissertation: (Dis)arming the Middle Ages: Chivalric Materiality in Medieval Romance, 2017
PRESENTATIONS
- 2023 – "Grading as Dialogue: Applying Rhet/Comp Labor-based Grading Ecologies to Literature Pedagogy," PLNU Faculty Convocation, Development, and Scholarship Day, 2023. San Diego, CA.
- 2022 – "The Medievalism of Cultural Trauma in Maria Dehavana Headley's The Mere Wife," International Congress on Medieval Studies, 2022. Kalamazoo, MI (remote).
- 2019 – “Inclusivity and Medievalism: Reflections on a Critical Pedagogy,” International Congress on Medieval Studies. Kalamazoo, MI.
- 2018 – “The ‘Brastyng’ of the ‘Hoole Book’ in Thomas Malory’s Le Morte Darthur,” Medieval and Renaissance Student Association Conference. Long Beach, CA.
- 2016 – “Armorial Form and the Productive Strike in The Knightly tale of Gologras and Gawain,” Pacific Ancient and Modern Language Association conference. Pasadena, CA.
- 2015 – “’Armé et desarmé asanblent’: Chainmail and Chivalric Assemblage in Chrétien de Troyes’ Le Chevalier de la Charrette,” Changes in Fashion in the Middle Ages. Santa Barbara, CA.
- 2015 – “The Body ‘Matters’: Fragmentation and Reformation in Insular Romance.” Medieval Association of the Pacific. Reno, NV.
- by Terry Atkinson.” Comitatus 45 (2014): 197-199.
- 2014 – “John Quarles’s Tarquin Banished: The Annexed Poem in the 1655 The Rape of Lucrece as Shakespearean Fan Fiction,” Renaissance Conference of Southern California. Los Angeles, CA.
- 2014 – “Adventure Time, Normal Time, and Medieval Romance,” (Dis)junctions Conference. Riverside, CA.
- 2013 – “’No thing but for love was this debaat’: Reclassifying Chaucer’s The Knight’s Tale.” Pacific Ancient and Modern Language Association conference. San Diego, CA.
- 2012 – “Galahad and Indiana Jones: The Commodification of the Holy Grail in Modern Grail Quests.” International Congress on Medieval Studies. Kalamazoo, MI.
- 2011 – “Se that ye indifferently them bothe entertayne”: Debate, Bias, and the Burden of Determination in Henry Medwall’s Fulgens and Lucres.”Arizona Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies Conference. Tempe, AZ.
- 2009 – “The Vulgate Cycle and Malory’s Patriation of the Grail Quest.” Medieval and Renaissance Graduate Conference. Long Beach, CA.
PUBLICATIONS
- 2019 – “Chivalric Labor, Artisanal Labor, and the Productive Strike in The Knightly Tale of Gologras and Gawain” Arthuriana 29.3: 43-65.
- 2014 – “Review: Sacred Mushroom, Holy Grail by Terry Atkinson.” Comitatus 45: 197-199.
