Education:
- Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania
- M.A. in English and Graduate Certificate in Women’s Studies, University of Pennsylvania
- B.A., College of William and Mary
Teaching:
- English Composition I and II
- British Literature Survey I and II
- Chaucer
- Medieval Literature
- Epic Poetry
- Women and Writing
- Comparative Literature
- World Literature to 1650
- Introduction to Women’s Studies
- Senior Seminar in Women’s Studies
Research Interests:
- Medieval and renaissance literature
- Lyric poetry
- Women and writing
- Popular culture
Service and Involvement:
- Sigma Tau Delta Faculty Advisor
- Student Women and Gender Society Faculty Advisor
- Faculty Committee
Awards and Information:
Dr. Barbaccia joined the faculty in 2005. Since 2007, she has directed the interdisciplinary minor program in Women’s Studies; she also directs the new program in Medieval and Renaissance Studies. She has published papers on early modern English-women’s lyric poetry, on John Gower’s Anglo-French erotic balade sequence, and on Buffy the Vampire Slayer. She gave the McCandless lecture (on Gower’s Cinkante Balades) at Regent’s Park College, Oxford, in 2011.