Diane Vincent | People, Biola University

Department	Torrey Honors College
Biola Affiliations	Faculty

Documents

Degrees

Ph.D., University of Cambridge
M.Phil., University of Cambridge
B.A., Pomona College

Biography

Dr. Diane Vincent is an associate professor of medieval literature at Torrey Honors College. Her doctoral work at the University of Cambridge investigated the use of question and answer, religious language, heresy and ars grammatica in medieval England. Vincent's interests range widely across the liberal arts including theological anthropology, history and pedagogy of university "great books programs", Greek tragedy, Plato, dance, choral music, Shakespeare and the Bible.

Affiliations

Phi Beta Kappa

Awards

Provost Faculty Award for Excellence in Teaching — Biola University — 2023 — La Mirada, CA
Distinction Award for M.Phil Course of Study — University of Cambridge — 2002 — Cambridge, UK
Phi Beta Kappa — Pomona College — 2001 — Pomona, CA
Matthew Klopfleisch Memorial Prize in English — Pomona College — 2001 — Pomona, CA
Harry J. Carroll, Jr. Memorial Prize in Greek — Pomona College — 2001 — Pomona, CA
Cecil Short Memorial Prize in Music — Pomona College — 2001 — Pomona, CA
Mortar Board Honors Society — Pomona College — 2000 — Pomona, CA
Bertha Clendenen McCord Memorial Prize in Music — Pomona College — 2000 — Pomona, CA

Publications

Book Chapters

“The Contest over the Public Imagination of Inquisition, 1380-1430,” in The Culture of Inquisition in Medieval England, Vincent, D., ed. Flannery, M. and Walter, Katie (Boydell and Brewer, 2013), pp. 60-76.
“Idealism and Limitations” in The Great Books Reader: Excerpts and Essays on the Most Influential Books in Western Civilization, Vincent, D., ed. Reynolds, J.M. (Bethany Books, 2011), pp. 214-17.
“Reading a Christian-Saracen Debate in Fifteenth-Century Middle English Charlemagne Romance: The Case of Turpines Story,” in Exploitation in the Romance of Medieval England, Vincent, D., ed. Weiss, J., Djordjevic, I. and Ashe, L. (Boydell and Brewer, 2010), pp. 90-107

Presentations

Selected Presentations

Association of Core Texts and Courses Conference, Dallas, Texas. Presented on "Plutarch, the Shakespearean Dramatist." April 2023.
Faculty Table Talk, Biola University, La Mirada, California. Presented on "Wherever I am carried, my love is carrying me': How Augustine Helps Us cultivate Wisdom, Wonder, and Worship in the Liberal Arts." March 2021.
National Classical Education Symposium, Great Hearts Institute, Phoenix, Arizona. Presented on "The Great Books and the Great Tradition: Radical History." March 2020.
Torrey Honors Institute Lecture, Biola University, La Mirada, CA. Presented on "Love and Marriage According to Chaucer: Mastery, Purgatory, and the Noble Risk." October 2014.
Medieval Academy of America Annual Meeting, Knoxville, Tennessee. Presented on "Christ the Heretic: Inquisition and the Dramatic Imagination in Late Medieval England." April 2013.