Sharon Kinoshita is Professor of Literature at the University of California, Santa Cruz (UCSC). Her work is primarily focused in Medieval Mediterranean Studies. She is co-Director of the UCSC Center for Mediterranean Studies as well as the University of California Multicampus Research Project Initiative in Mediterranean Studies (http://mediterraneanseminar.org). Research areas: Old French Literature The Medieval Culture of Empire Vernacular French representations Medieval Mediterranean Literature Chretien de Troyes Marie de France Marco Polo