Sharon Rowley

Professor Sharon M. Rowley is a faculty member at Christopher Newport University in Virginia, where she serves as Professor of English and Director of Medieval and Early Modern Studies. Her academic career focuses on the reception and transmission of medieval texts, particularly the works of Bede, within their historical and cultural contexts.

• Research areas include Old and Middle English manuscripts, anonymous homilies, and Otherworldly visions
• Active in textual scholarship and critical edition projects
• Collaborating with Greg Waite (University of Otago, NZ) on a new critical edition of Bede's Historia Ecclesiastica

Her work intersects with broader interests in gender studies and environmental humanities, reflecting interdisciplinary approaches to medieval material culture.