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Curriculum Vitae (printable version)
Andrew C. Troup
Contact Information
Department of English California State University, Bakersfield 9001 Stockdale Highway Bakersfield, CA 93311				http://www.csub.edu/~atroup atroup@csub.edu Office: (661) 664-2286 Home: (661) 664-7627
Education
University of Texas at Austin, Ph.D. (English Language and Linguistics), 1992 University of Arizona, Summer Linguistics Institute, Linguistic Society of America, 1989 University of Texas at Austin, M.A. (English Language and Linguistics), 1988 University of Texas at Austin, B.A. (English) Summa Cum Laude with Special Honors in English,1984
Dissertation
The Old English Relative Clause: Ambiguity in Context
Co-directors: Thomas Cable and Mary Blockley
Teaching Areas
¯ Old and Middle English Language and Literature ¯ History of the English Language ¯ English Grammar and Syntax ¯ Chaucer ¯ Rhetoric ¯ Composition
Teaching Experience
Associate Professor		California State University, Bakersfield				1999 – 2003
Assistant Professor		California State University, Bakersfield				1993 – 1999
Visiting Assistant Professor		University of Missouri-Columbia				1992 – 1993
Publications
April, 1998	"Editorial Punctuation of Relative Clauses in the Cynewulf Group of Old English Poems," proceedings of the Mid-Atlantic Linguistics Conference, University of Missouri-Columbia

April 1993	"Independent þæt as a Sentential Referent in Old English," proceedings of the Mid-America Linguistics Conference, University of Missouri-Columbia
Recent Papers Delivered
May, 2003	"Teaching Old English at the Small State University," International Congress on Medieval Studies, Western Michigan University.

May 2001	"Mitchell and Robinson’s New System of Punctuation for Old English Texts: A Syntactic Analysis," International Congress on Medieval Studies, Western Michigan University.

May 2000	"Punctuation of Relative Clauses in Mitchell and Robinson’s New Edition of Beowulf," International Congress on Medieval Studies, Western Michigan University.

July 1998	"Restrictive and Nonrestrictive Relative Clauses in Old English," Twenty-Fifth Forum of the Linguistic Association of Canada and the United States, Claremont Graduate University.

May 1998	"Old English Relative Clauses in Elene and Juliana," International Congress on Medieval Studies, Western Michigan University.

October 1997	"Editorial Punctuation of Relative Clauses in the Cynewulf Group of Old English Poems," Mid-America Linguistics Conference, University of Missouri-Columbia (published in proceedings)
Academic Awards
May 1990	Flora Ralston Brooke Endowed Scholarship, University of Texas
July 1989	Linguistic Society of America Fellowship, Summer Linguistic Institute
May 1989	Graduate English Award for Teaching Excellence, University of Texas
May 1984	Phi Beta Kappa
Languages Read
¯ French ¯ German ¯ Latin
References
Professor Thomas Cable Department of English University of Texas Austin, TX 78712			Professor Mary E. Blockley Department of English University of Texas Austin, TX 78712		Professor Martin Camargo Department of English University of Missouri Columbia, MO 65211