Alex Fairbanks-Ukropen is a lecturer of English, specializing in pre-modern literature. He holds a Ph.D. from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, where he served as a contributing editor for the Old English Poetry in Facsimile project (https://oepoetryfacsimile.org/). His research topics include the intersection of territorialization and biopolitics in medieval saints’ lives, Latinity in early medieval England, and the history of the English language.