Dennis Cronan

Dennis Cronan, an Associate Professor in the English department, was appointed the first University Distinguished Professor in the Humanities for 1999-2001. During the period of this award he dedicated himself full time to the teaching of Core Humanities and developed capstone courses in literacy and oral transmission of stories. He is a medievalist with a Ph.D. in Germanic philology from the University of Minnesota, where he specialized in Old English language and literature. In addition to courses in Core Humanities and Old English, he teaches Beowulf, Chaucer, Middle English language and literature, history of the English language, introduction to linguistics, and occasionally Old Norse.

Dennis Cronan
Dennis Cronan, an Associate Professor in the English department, was appointed the first University Distinguished Professor in the Humanities for 1999-2001. During the period of this award he dedicated himself full time to the teaching of Core Humanities and developed capstone courses in literacy and oral transmission of stories. He is a medievalist with a Ph.D. in Germanic philology from the University of Minnesota, where he specialized in Old English language and literature. In addition to courses in Core Humanities and Old English, he teaches Beowulf, Chaucer, Middle English language and literature, history of the English language, introduction to linguistics, and occasionally Old Norse.
	Core Humanities Faculty