Office
6405 Dwinelle Hall
Monday 2pm-3pm, or by appointment. In either case, email Prof. Melia at dmelia@berkeley.edu to request an appointment, you will be send a Zoom link upon confirmation.
Research Interests
Oral literature
Celtic languages (Welsh, Irish)
Folklore
Medieval history and literature
Publications
“Orality and Aesthetics in Aristotle’s Rhetoric and Poetics” appearing in Unbinding Proteus: New Directions in Oral Theory, ed. by Mark Amodio (Medieval and Renaissance Texts Society, Arizona State University, 2003)
Awards
Phi Beta Kappa, Alpha of Massachusetts 1991 Fellow, Institute for Advanced Studies in the Humanities, University of Edinburgh, 1989 Distinguished Service Award for Senate Faculty Members, College of Letters and Science, Division of Arts and Humanities 2011-12