Micah Goodrich is assistant professor of English at Boston University. Their book manuscript, \u201cChronic Bodies: Transforming Nature in Medieval Literature,\u201d details a literary history of body transformation within medieval discourses of nature. He is interested in how medieval authors invoke the cultural power of Nature and \u201cthe natural\u201d to highlight the possibilities and presumed limits of the body\u2019s transformative potential and capacity to self-create. Micah\u2019s other interests include trans studies, queer theory, alchemy, Chaucer, Langland, Lollards, leprosy, and mysticism. His work is forthcoming in Diacritics (co-authored with Danielle Allor), A Cultural History of Gender, 500-1400 CE, and The Companion to Sexuality in the Medieval West, as well as a special issue on \u201cMedieval Trans Natures\u201d in Medieval Ecocriticisms. Currently, Micah is co-editing with J.D. Sargan A Cultural History of Trans Lives, 300-1450.<\/p>\n
Micah teaches courses on a variety of medieval genres \u2013 including poetry, scientific and medical texts, and histories \u2013 literary theory and criticism, and classes on trans and queer studies. In the classroom, Micah is inspired by alternative medias (self-published zines, informational pamphlets, and independent presses) and DIY histories to center creation and communication. As they tell their students, \u201cDIY\u201d in this mode does not mean \u201cDo It Yourself\u201d in the sense of isolated work; rather, it is a process of equipping the self with the tools needed to enact a creative vision. It is the practice of creating without the aid of professionals and with limited or differently sourced resources. As a trans literary scholar, Micah is fascinated by and indebted to this underground textual moment.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20263,"template":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/medieval\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/profile\/1343"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/medieval\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/profile"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/medieval\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/profile"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/medieval\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/20263"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/medieval\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/profile\/1343\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1345,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/medieval\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/profile\/1343\/revisions\/1345"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/medieval\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1343"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}