TEAMS was originally founded as a committee of the Medieval Academy of America to develop new ways to support the teaching activities of its members. It was later re-organized as an independent nonprofit educational corporation whose mission continues to be the support of teaching in medieval studies at the undergraduate, secondary, and elementary school level through the provision of resources and the sharing of techniques.
Its current programs include the publication of TEAMS Teaching Texts in cooperation with Medieval Institute Publications, the maintenance of an online library of Middle English texts, and the establishment of a committee for outreach to secondary schools. It sponsors several sessions of papers at the annual International Congress on Medieval Studies at Western Michigan University. TEAMS also publishes a peer-reviewed electronic journal, The Once and Future Classroom: Resources for Teaching the Middle Ages in Grades K-12, and sponsors an annual teaching prizeto recognize excellence in teaching medieval studies in the K-12 classroom.
Bylaws
Directory
Board of Directors
Gale Sigal
(President; The Once and Future Classroom Editor)
—English, Wake Forest University
Deborah M. Sinnreich-Levi
(Vice President; Associate Editor, The Once and Future Classroom)
—College of Arts and Letters, Stevens Institute of Technology
Thomas Goodmann
(Treasurer)
—English, University of Miami
Kara Crawford
(Vice President, Teaching Prize Co-chair)
—English, The Bishop’s School
Danielle Joyner
(Recorder)
—Art History, Lawrence University
Lauryn S. Mayer
(Dark God of the Web)
—English, Washington & Jefferson College
Russell Peck
(Director of METS)
—English, University of Rochester
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Gina Brandolino
—English, University of Michigan
Anita Obermeier (Vice President) —English and Medieval Studies, University of New Mexico
Daniel T. Kline
—English, University of Alaska, Anchorage
Anne Lester
—History, The Johns Hopkins University; Chair of CARA
David Raybin
—English, Eastern Illinois University (Emeritus)
Marisa Sikes
—English, Austin Peay State University
Kisha Tracy
—English, Fitchburg State University
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Editorial Board
Sara S. Poor, Chair*
—German Language and Literature, Princeton University
Robert Edwards
—English and Comparative Literature, Penn State University
Susanna Fein
—English, Kent State University
Editor of The Chaucer Review
Andrew “Drew” Hicks
—Department of Music, Cornell University
E. Ann Matter
—Religious Studies, Penn State University
Russell Peck
—John Hall Deane Professor of English at University of Rochester; Middle English Literature
Joel Rosenthal
—History, SUNY-Stony Brook
Karen Saupe
—English, Calvin College
Evelyn Vitz
—French and Comparative Literature, New York University