Alexander Kaufman
The Reed D. Voran Distinguished Professor of Humanities and Professor of English
Alexander L. Kaufman
is the Reed D. Voran Distinguished Professor of Humanities and Professor of
English at Ball State University where he teaches in the Honors College. He is
the author of The Historical Literature
of the Jack Cade Rebellion (Ashgate 2009; repr. Routledge, 2016), co-editor
of Telling Tales and Crafting Books: Essays in Honor of Thomas H.
Ohlgren (Medieval Institute
Publication, 2016) and Robin Hood and the Outlaw/ed Literary Canon
(Routledge, 2019), and editor of British
Outlaws of Literature and History: Essays
on Medieval and Early Modern Figures from Robin Hood to Twm Shon Catty (McFarland, 2011). He co-founded the
journal The Bulletin of the International Association for Robin Hood Studies
and also serves as co-administrator for the scholarly blog Robin Hood Scholars:
IARHS on the Web. He is also a general editor of the series Outlaws in
Literature, History, and Culture for Routledge Publishing. His research and
teaching interests include outlaws from the medieval period to the present day,
the Robin Hood tradition, historical writing and medieval chronicles, food studies, Chaucer,
Arthuriana, and medievalisms.