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Michael Kensak, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of English and Modern Foreign Languages (German)
712-707-7039
kensak@nwciowa.edu
Through medieval and renaissance literature, linguistics and German, Dr. Kensak seeks to impart a love for words—their meaning, power and history. He earned degrees in German and music from Princeton and his Ph.D. in English from Vanderbilt. Kensak's research on Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales involves medieval pilgrimage narratives, language theory, alchemical lore and the idea of spiritual inebriation. His work has appeared in journals like The Chaucer Review, Studies in Philology and Philological Quarterly. Kensak is currently working on a project funded by the Lilly Endowment to produce a multimedia German textbook. In addition to German, he is proficient in Latin, Middle English, Old English, and has a reading knowledge of several more languages.
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