JAY GATES

Jay Paul Gates took his M.A. and Ph.D. in English from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 2007 and taught at Purdue University before coming to John Jay. His areas of specialization are Anglo-Saxon and Old Norse-Icelandic literature and language and the effects of Anglo-Scandinavian cultural contact (when Vikings meet clerics), especially as represented in legal rhetoric. Outside of his immediate research, he has an abiding affection for dead languages--including Old French and Old Saxon--allegory, and manuscript studies. He is currently working on a manuscript and several side projects concerning Cnut's kingship and Anglo-Scandinavian court.