Peter W. Travis is Chair of the Department of English and Henry Winkley Professor of Anglo-Saxon and English Language and Literature at Dartmouth College. Travis received his Ph.D. from the University of Chicago and is now a medieval scholar specializing in the works of Chaucer, most notably The Nun's Priest's Tale. He lives in Hanover, New Hampshire.
Travis has published a book titled Dramatic Design in the Chester Cycle (University of Chicago Press, 1982) and has published widely in scholarly Journals including recent publication in Studies in the Age of Chaucer. Travis has designed a course on contemporary Masculinities.