Richard Fahey specializes in Anglo-Saxon literature and is interested in the relationship between Old English, Old Norse and Anglo-Latin literary traditions. While at the University of Notre Dame, Richard has taught courses through both the English Department (a medieval-focused survey course titled ​“Medieval Monstrosity and the Modern Imaginary”) and Writing and Rhetoric Department (two multimedia sections titled ​“A Way with Words: Media, Rhetoric and Research”). Richard is interested in characterizations of heroes and monsters, especially in Beowulf and Prudentius’ Psychomachia. Richard is a contributor to Notre Dame’s Medieval Studies Research Blog, and he is the editor and major contributor for the ​“North Seas” series, including two recent pieces which place Beowulf in conversation with current immigration policies and anti-media rhetoric. Richard is also the editor for a project featuring medieval translations and recitations, called The Medieval Poetry Project. Richard has two forthcoming publications, ​“Teaching the Beowulf-monsters” (in A Practical Guide to Beowulf) and ​“Decoding gerûni: Runic sacramenta in the Old Saxon Heliand” (in Old English and Germanic Continental Literature). In addition to his studies, Richard is currently working on an avant-garde theatre project titled Monsterbane, which is a modern and multimedia rendition of Beowulf., and the first act ​“Grendelkin” debuted at the University of Notre Dame in 2017.