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Timothy Stinson is an Associate Professor of English and University Faculty Scholar at North Carolina State University. He earned a PhD in English Language and Literature from the University of Virginia (2006) and held a postdoctoral fellowship at Johns Hopkins University before joining NC State in 2008. His research focuses on medieval literature, codicology, and digital humanities, with notable contributions to biocodicology—applying genetic science to medieval manuscripts. He co-founded the Medieval Electronic Scholarly Alliance (MESA) and directs the Society for Early English and Norse Electronic Texts (SEENET).
Stinson has secured over $500,000 in grants from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, NEH, and others for projects analyzing parchment DNA and digital infrastructure. He received the NC State Outstanding Teacher Award and leads interdisciplinary initiatives combining humanities with biological sciences. His work appears in Speculum, Chaucer Review, and PLOS ONE, and he collaborates globally with institutions like the Folger Shakespeare Library and the National Humanities Center.
Education: PhD, English Language and Literature, University of Virginia (2006); Postdoctoral Fellowship, Johns Hopkins University.
Key Roles: Co-Director of the Piers Plowman Electronic Archive, Director of SEENET, Associate Director of the Advanced Research Consortium (ARC), and Series Editor for PPEA Print Series.
Research Trends: Recent work emphasizes genetic analysis of parchment, digital manuscript catalogs, and medieval textual transmission. His 2024 PLOS ONE article pioneered non-destructive DNA sampling methods for medieval manuscripts.
Awards: NEH Digital Humanities Fellowship (2009-10), National Humanities Center Fellowship (2021-22), Medieval Academy Digital Humanities Prize (2017), and multiple grant-funded projects totaling over $1M in external funding.
Teaching & Innovation: Developed digital humanities curricula at NC State, contributed to the MLA’s Approaches to Teaching Chaucer, and co-created the Siege of Jerusalem Electronic Archive. Active in public outreach through BBC, National Geographic, and Science magazine features.
Collaborations: Partners with biologists like Dr. Matthew Breen to analyze medieval parchment DNA. Advisory roles for projects such as the Roman de la Rose Digital Library and Europeana Regia.
