Pat Schwieterman earned BS degrees in Environmental Science
and Plant Science at UC Riverside, and MA and PhD degrees in
medieval English literature at UC Berkeley. At USF, he has taught
courses on Middle English literature, children's
literature, science fiction, and the Arthurian legend. His research
focuses on the use of supernatural beings in constructions of
cultural and political identity in medieval Britain. Other
interests include medieval Wales, Old Icelandic and Old French, and
the history of the English language.
