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 prize to recognize excellence in teaching medieval studies in the K-12 classroom.
Board of Directors
Thomas Goodmann
(Co-President, & Acting Treasurer)
—University of Miami, emeritus
Anita Obermeier
(Co-President; Secretary to the Editorial Board)
—English and Medieval Studies, University of New Mexico
Deborah M. Sinnreich-Levi
(Vice President; Managing Editor, The Once and Future Classroom)
— retired
Zachary Hines (Recorder)
—English, Ohio State University, Lima
Julie Chamberlin
—Advanced Lecturer, University of Chicago
Tyler Cloherty
—Medieval Institute Publications
Margaret Cotter-Lynch,
—English, Humanities, and Languages, Southeastern Oklahoma State University
Marjorie Harrington, —Program Manager, Medieval Institute, Western Michigan University
Suzanne Hagedorn, —English, William and Mary
Hannah Jones,— History, Texas A&M
Lauren Mancia, Liaison to TEAMS from CARA (Medieval Academy)
—History, Brooklyn College
Arielle McKee
—Wake Forest University
Clint Morrison, Jr.
—University of Texas, Austin
Lindsay Pereira
—English, John Abbott College, Québec
Earl Jeffrey Richards
—emeritus, Romance Literatures and Languages, Bergische Universität, Wuppertal
Kristina Richardson
—History, University of Virginia
Thomas C. Sawyer
—Writing Program, University of Chicago
Anna Siebach-Larsen
—Director, Rossell Hope Robbins Library and Koller-Collins Center for English Studies
Gale Sigal
—English and Medieval Studies, Wake Forest University
Joseph Turner
—English, University of Louisville
David Joseph Wrisley
—Digital Humanities, NYU, Abu Dhabi
Charles Wuest
—English, Southern Methodist University
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Editorial Board
Thomas Goodmann, Chair
-- University of Miami, emeritus
Frank T. Coulson
—Director of Palaeography, Ohio State University
Andrew “Drew” Hicks
—Department of Music, Cornell University
E. Ann Matter
—Religious Studies, Penn State University
Anita Obermeier, Secretary
—English, University of New Mexico
CJ Jones,
—2026 Incoming Robert M. Conway Director of the Medieval Institute, Professor of German Studies, Notre Dame University
David Raybin
—English, University of Illinois, Champaign (Editor, The Chaucer Review)
Joel Rosenthal
—History, SUNY-Stony Brook
Julia Verkholantsev
—Russian and Eastern European Studies, University of Pennsylvania, Series Editor, Medieval Textual Cultures of CSEE.
tba, Editor, Varia Series
