 She then joined the Department of English and Related Literature at the University of York in 1988, becoming a Professor in 1991.She was Director of the University’s interdisciplinary Centre for Medieval Studies in the mid-1990s, became a Pro-Vice-Chancellor in 2000 and then Deputy Vice-Chancellor from 2002 until her retirement in 2007.She has published widely on medieval women’s writing, Arthurian romance, devotional literature and Older Scots poetry.