Please join us on January 25, 2024 at 11 AM in MSC 3707 to hear author Dr. Kisha Tracy talk about her book, Why Study the Middle Ages? Kisha G. Tracy is a Professor of English Studies and Chair of the General Education Program at Fitchburg State University, a small liberal arts college in Massachusetts. She received her Ph.D. in Medieval Studies from the University of Connecticut. As a researcher, her main interests include medieval disability, especially mental health, and the scholarship of teaching and learning. In addition to several articles, her first book was published by Palgrave in 2017 and is entitled Memory and Confession in Middle English Literature, and her second book was published in 2022 with Arc Humanities Press and is entitled Why Study the Middle Ages? She is the president of the Society for the Study of Disability in the Middle Ages, the editor of the Medieval Disability Glossary, and the co-founder of the scholarly organization the Lone Medievalist. Dr. Tracy is delivering the keynote address at the USF Undergraduate Humanities Conference, but this event is free and open to all USF students, faculty and staff. Dr. Tracy’s visit is sponsored by USF Libraries and The Humanities Institute.