Department of Mediaeval History, University of St Andrews, St Andrews Scotland

Donald Bullough Fellow in Mediaeval History

Canada's top award for postsecondary teaching. awarded 2014

3M National Teaching Fellow

John Bell Award for Teaching Excellence

National award for Teaching Innovation at postsecondary institutions, 2013

D2L Innovation Award

A community award recognizing contributions to education across all levels, and ongoing mentorship of young women.

Guelph YM/YWCA Woman of Distinction -- Education

Status Professor, Centre for Medieval Studies, University of Toronto

Visiting Senior Fellow, Green College, University of British Columbia 

Life Member, Clare Hall, Cambridge University

Alumna, Massey College, University of Toronto

“Practice of female genital mutilation must be stopped.”

“Arbitrary Western Ideas Won’t Save Ghana’s ‘witches,"

“Stealing relics: An ancient pastime that lives on today”

“In Africa, accusations of witchcraft still a reality for many women,”

“Todd Akin’s views are, literally, medieval"

“The Whores of Yore”

“The Church’s short memory"

“The Untold Price of Her Virginity.”

"A History of Infanticide"

“Same-sex union: The final frontier of marriage evolution.”

“Blessing Unions Through the Ages. The institution of marriage is both ancient and flexible.”

“Trial by Congress.”

JACQUELINE MURRAY is Professor of History at the University of Guelph. She served as Dean of Arts (2001-2006) and as Director of the First-Year Seminar Program (2011-2016). She is Status Professor of Medieval Studies at the University of Toronto. She earned a first class honours degree in History from the University of British Columbia, and an M.A. in History and a Ph.D. in Medieval Studies from the University of Toronto. She was a Canada Research Fellow from 1988-1991 and has received numerous research grants. She taught History at the University of Windsor (1989-2001) where she was Founding Director of the Humanities Research Group. She has served as President of the Society for Medieval Feminist Research and President of the Canadian Society of Medievalists. She is a Life Member of Clare Hall, Cambridge University and an alumna of Massey College (Toronto) and Green College (UBC).
Jacqueline is an expert in the history of marriage and the family, women, and gender and sexuality in the Middle Ages. This provides a unique view on the history of western ideas and values pertaining to sex and gender. She has been interviewed on both television and radio and published in national newspapers one questions of sexual values that are clarified by examining their historical roots. 
Jacqueline is actively engaged in the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, focusing in particular on the impact of first-year seminars and the transformative power of enquiry-based learning. She has published articles in the Canadian Journal of Higher Education, the Canadian Journal of the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, and Collected Essays on Learning and Teaching. Her teaching innovation and excellence has been acknowledged by the John Bell Award from the University of Guelph, the D2L Innovation Award from the Society for Teaching and Learning in Higher Education and the Special Merit Award from the University of Guelph Faculty Association. In 2014 she received a 3M National Teaching Award.

Medieval and Early Modern History

Women and Gender Studies

Pedagogy in Higher Education

Student Learning Outcomes

English

Convocation Address: “Let curiosity be your guide and your inspiration,”

A Phallus in Wonderland. A Cultural History of the Penis

The History of Sex

“To Have and To Hold: Marriage in Premodern Europe, 1200-1700.”

“Male Sexuality and Gender Construction in the Middle Ages.”

“Passages: 300 Years of Francophone Presence at Le Détroit”

“The Social Sciences and Humanities Research in HIV/AIDS”

3M National Teaching Fellow / Professor of History 

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