Eileen Gardiner

Eileen Gardiner is the former co-executive director of the Medieval Academy of America and the former director of ACLS Humanities E-Book. She holds a Ph.D. in English and comparative literature, with a specialization in medieval literature, from Fordham University. She has published several articles and books on medieval vision literature, including her "Visions of Heaven and Hell Before Dante." She is the editor of Hell-on-Line, a website that comprises a comprehensive collection of visions, tours, and descriptions of the infernal otherworld from various religious and cultural traditions; and "The Pilgrim’s Way to St. Patrick’s Purgatory," a project that traces for the modern pilgrim the medieval route from Dublin to Lough Derg in County Donegal. With Ronald G. Musto, she is the coauthor of the articles on “The Electronic Book” in the "The Oxford Companion to the Book" (2010) and in "The Book: A Global History" (Oxford University Press, 2013) and also with him, she is the co-author of "The Digital Humanities: A Primer for Scholars and Students" (Cambridge University Press, 2015) and "A Year in Union Square: 52 Seasonal Pasta Dishes" (Pierrepont Street Press, 2015).