Faculty

Dr. Daniel Pinti

Associate Professor
College of Arts & Sciences – English

Email:  dpinti@niagara.edu
Phone:  (716) 286-8629
Office Location:  Dunleavy Hall 363

Bio

Dr. Pinti is an Associate Professor as well as the University Honors Coordinator. His research interests include Chaucer, Dante and the history of Dante reception, and literature and theology, He received his B.A.,from Kent State University (1986), and his M.A. and Ph.D. from the Ohio State University (1988, 1992).

• ENG 300 Medieval Literature
• ENG 401 Dante
• ENG 315 Greek and Roman Literature
• ENG 207 World Literature

Current Research

My present research interests center on the connections between literature and theology--particularly the ways theological thinking can be brought to bear on literary interpretation, and the ways literary theory can inform an understanding of theological texts. I have recently published articles on the medieval mystic Julian of Norwich and the 16th-century Bible translator William Tyndale, and my current project involves the application of the literary theory of Mikhail Bakhtin to Biblical narrative. My past publications are on the writings of Chaucer, Dante and other medieval poets, focusing especially on issues of translation, commentary, and intertextuality.

Current Involvement

My primary involvement in the community beyond NU is as an ordained deacon in the Episcopal Church, assigned to St. Paul's Cathedral in downtown Buffalo. My ordination to the transitional diaconate is a step on the way toward my eventual ordination as an Episcopal priest, which I anticipate sometime after completing my Master of Divinity degree.

Educational Background

Ph.D., English, The Ohio State University; M.A., English, The Ohio State University; Currently working on the M.Div. degree (part-time) at Christ the King Seminary