Services to Other Educational Institutions:

Seminar on Chaucer's "Nun's Priest's Tale," University of Puget Sound, 15 March 1985.

Seminar on Chaucer's Pardoner, University of Puget Sound, April ll, l986; April 8, 1987.

Referee for Promotion of Associate Professor Linda Georgianna (English, UC Irvine) to Professor, December 1990.

Services to the University of Washington:

Faculty Council on Academic Standards, 1976-78; 1981-82; vice chair, 1977-78; 1981-82; Subcommittee on School/College Admissions, chair, 1976-78. Committee on Admissions and Academic Standards, 1980-82; chair, 1981-82.

Faculty Senate, 1981-85, 1991-93; 1994--. Vice-Chair, 1991-92; Chair, 1992-93.

Task Force on Long Range Planning and Academic Program Plan, 1982.

State of Washington Council of Faculty Representatives, UW representative, 1982-83; 1991-92

Task Force on Faculty Grievance Procedures, 1982-83.

Faculty Council on Faculty Affairs, 1982-83; chair, 1982-83.

Faculty Senate Executive Committee, 1982-84, 1991-93, 1994--

UW/2000 Faculty Committee, l985.

Faculty Senate Budget Committee, l985-88, 1992--; Chair, 1992-93.

UW/2000 Implementation Committee, 1986-90.

Summer Quarter Advisory Board, 1987-90.

Faculty Salary Policy Review Committee, 1988.

Services and Activities Fees Committee, Faculty Representative, l988-89.

Task Force on Faculty Code Procedures, 1991.

Capital Budget Committee, 1992-93.

Special Committee on Branch Campuses, 1991-92.

University Budget Committee, 1992-93.

Presidential Task Force (on Greek System), 1992-93.

Provost's Task Force on Sexism, 1992-93.

Special Committee on University of Washington Role and Mission, Chair, 1992.

Special Committee on Legislative Matters, Faculty Senate, 1992--.

Panel on Graduate Education, Board of Regents' Work Sessions, December 7-8, 1992, contributing member.

"Faculty 'Managing' Faculty," Seminar for Staff Effectiveness  Workshop, March 23, 1993.

Organizer and Chair of Panel on "Implications for the University of Washington," for Training and Development Workshop: Leadership, Future Prospects for Higher Education, June 10, 1993.

Annual Faculty Lecturer Committee, 1993--.

Faculty Senate Committee on Planning and Budgeting, 1993--.

Faculty representative to the State of Washington's Higher Education Coordinating Board's Faculty Workload Study Advisory Committee, 1993-94.

UW Emergency Policy Committee, 1995.

Provost Search Committee, 1995-96

Administrative Council, 1996--.

President's Council, 1996--.

Chair, Faculty Senate Committee to review proposals fo the International Studies Task Force, Winter 1997.

Chair, Panel Discussion on International Opportunities for University of Washington Faculty (Fulbright Scholar Programs), 22 April 1997.

Graduate School:

Medieval and Renaissance Studies Research Committee, Director, 1975-96.

Graduate School Research Fund, Arts and Humanities Research Project Committee, 1979-80.

Graduate School Council, l989-91.

Pembroke College Fellowship Review Committee, 1991.

Graduate Student Grievance Committee, Chair, May 1991.

Textual Studies Research Committee, 1996--.

College of Arts and Sciences:

Humanities Council, 1976-78.

Chair, Search Committee (Near Eastern Languages and Literature), 1981-82.

Review Committee (Near Eastern Languages and Literature), 1982.

Honors Council, 1985-89.

Chair, Search Committee (Asian Languages and Literature), 1986-87.

Advisory Board, Humanities and Arts Computing Center, 1986-89.

College Seminar on "Words and Deeds: The Rhetoric of History in the Middle Ages and Renaissance," organizer and director, Winter Quarter l989.

Facilities Advisory Committee, 1990-91.

Organizing Committee, Member: Humanities Center's 1992-93 Program "By Word of Mouth."

Organizing Committee for Textual Studies Inaugural Conference (29 October - 2 November 1997).

Department of English:

Freshman English Committee, 1973-75; chair, 1974-75

Executive Committee, 1975-77; 1979-80; 1982-83; 1985-86; 1990-91; chair, l985-86.

Placement Committee, 1981-82; 1984-85; chair, l984-85.

Tenure Review Committee (Don Bialostosky), 1982.

Tenure Review Committee (Sally Mussetter), chair, 1983.

Tenure Review Committee (Charles Schuster), chair, 1984.

Tenure Review Committee (Mark Patterson), 1986.

English Graduate Program Review Committee, chair, 1986-87.

Search Committee (English Literature before 1500), 1987.

Director of Graduate Studies, 1987-90.

Graduate Studies Committee, 1987-90.

Undergraduate Education Committee, 1993-94.

Tenure Review Committee (Paul Remley), chair, 1994.

Heilman Dissertation Award Committee, 1997.

Department of Comparative Literature:

Executive Committee, 1975-76; l985-86.

Tenure Review Committee (Jean Dornbush), Summer-Fall l989.

Bylaws Revision Committee, 1993-94.

Professional Organizations and Consulting:

Editorial Consultant, Modern Language Quarterly, l975--.

Editorial Board, Modern Language Quarterly, l988-93.

Local Arrangements Committee, Medieval Association of the Pacific Conference, February 2l-22, 1975.

NEH Review Panel, Summer Stipends Program, Autumn 1983.

Local Arrangements Committee Chair, Medieval Association of the Pacific Conference, Seattle, Washington, February l6-l8, l984.

"Irish Language and Literature," Respondent. Annual Meeting of American Committee for Irish Studies, Pacific Lutheran University, Tacoma, April 27, l985.

Campus representative, Mellon Fellowship in the Humanities, l985--.

"Theory and Artifact: Art and Text," chair. Annual Meeting of the Medieval Academy of America, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, April l8, l986.

"Middle English Tales and Tellers," chair. Annual Conference of Medieval Association of the Pacific, University of Oregon, March 6, 1987.

Editorial Consultant, Theatre Journal, 1987-88.

NEH Review Panel, Summer Seminars for School Teachers, June l989.

Co-Chair, Program Committee (and Chair, Local Arrangements Committee) for 1992 International Congress of the New Chaucer Society, University of Washington, August 1-4, 1992.

Local Arrangements Committee, Member: Celtic Studies Association of North America Annual Meetinç, April 22-25, 1993.

Local Arrangements Committee, Member, Medieval Association of the Pacific Conference, March 4-6, 1994.

"Computer Editions: Obstacles and Opportunities," panel organizer and chair. Medieval Association of the Pacific Conference, Seattle Washington, March 4, 1994.

Chair, Panel on Celtic Studies, MEMSOP Conference, University of Washington, February 1995.

Consultation regarding two Elizabethan wills (Dixie Rushmer), Autumn 1995

Editorial Consultant, Studies in the Age of Chaucer, November 1995

Editorial Consultant, Traditio, Summer 1996

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