USC College Department of English


David Rollo


Associate Professor of English

Contact Information
Office: THH 438
Phone: (213) 740-3729
E-mail: rollo@usc.edu

 

Education

  • B.A. , Emmanuel College, University of Cambridge, 1980
  • M.A. , Emmanuel College, University of Cambridge, 1984
  • Ph.D. , Princeton University, 1988

Academic Appointment, Affiliation, and Employment History

Tenure Track Appointments
  • Associate Professor, English, University of Southern California, 1999-  
  • Adeline Arnold Loridans Professor, French, Agnes Scott College, 1997-1999  
  • Associate Professor, French, Dartmouth College, 1994-1997  
  • Assistant Professor, French, Dartmouth College, 1988-1994  
Non-Tenure Track Appointments
  • Visiting Instructor/Assistant Professor, French, Dartmouth College, 1987-1988  
  • Lecteur d'Anglais, Université Française de l'Océan Indien, La Réunion, 1980-1982  
Visiting and Temporary Appointments
  • Visiting Assistant Professor, English, University of Southern California, 1990-1991  

Description of Research

Summary Statement of Research Interests
Medieval English, French and Latin literature, with a particular emphasis on: 12th-century perceptions of ethnic and cultural difference; literacy and exclusion; hermaphroditism

Publications

Book
  • Rollo, D. I. (2008). A Brother to Hermaphroditus: Pleasure, Reference and Sexuality in Medieval Literature.
  • Rollo, D. I. Alain de Lille, The Plaint of Nature: A New Translation from the Latin.
  • Rollo, D. I. (2000). Glamorous Sorcery: Magic and Literacy in the High Middle Ages.
  • Rollo, D. I. (1998). Historical Fabrication, Ethnic Fable and French Romance in Twelfth-Century England.

Honors and Awards

  • USC or School/Dept Award for Teaching, General Education Teaching Awards, 2000-2001