Elizabeth Scala is a Professor at the University of Texas at Austin, where she has taught since 1995. The recipient of a Harry Ransom Teaching Award in the College of Liberal Arts, Professor Scala is the author of Desire in the Canterbury Tales and Absent Narratives, Manuscript Textuality, and Literary Structure in Late Medieval England. In addition, she has contributed to numerous edited collections and has published dozens of articles in various journals. She is also one of the principal editors of the internationally recognized journal Exemplaria: Medieval / Early Modern / Theory.