Dr. Chip Crane
Christopher “Chip” Crane has been teaching college English since 1995 and has been on the
English faculty at the University of Maryland since 2010. He teaches literature and writing
courses, his favorites being Medieval and Renaissance Literature, J.R.R. Tolkien: Middle-earth
and Beyond and Medieval Myth and Modern Narrative. He previously taught English at the
Naval Academy as part of his military career. During this time he directed the writing center,
creative writing, Chaucer, Shakespeare, Korean American literature, Tolkien and Lewis,
freshman composition, literary theory, film, and several other courses. Chip holds a Ph.D. in
English Language and Literature from the Catholic University of America and an M.A. in
Teaching Writing and Literature from George Mason University. His doctoral dissertation
focused on the rhetoric of comedy in late medieval English literature. Chip also works as a
consultant for the government in technical and business writing and team building. He joined the
board of the Eliot Society in 2020.
