Ronald B. Herzman and William R. Cook are both ''Distinguished Teaching Professors'' at the

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, and are collaborators on numerous intellectual projects about Medieval and Renaissance literature, history, and culture. Herzman is a professor of English, and Cook is a professor of History. Herzman earned his PhD from the

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and joined the Geneseo faculty in 1969. Cook earned his PhD from

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and joined the Geneseo faculty in 1970; he has specialized in the history and art history of the early

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. Cook and Herzman have been working closely together since 1973 when they co-taught a course at Geneseo called "The Age of Chaucer." They developed similar courses on "The Age of Dante" and "The Age of Francis of Assisi." Their co-authored Oxford University Press book, ''The Medieval World View'' grew out of a text they initially wrote for students they took abroad to Italy. In 2003, Cook and Herzman were awarded the Medieval Academy of America’s first-ever CARA Award for Excellence in Teaching Medieval Studies. In 1998 Cook ran for

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, unsuccessfully. In 2006 he was runner-up for

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's prestigious

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for Great Teaching.

Collaborative projects

''The Medieval World View'', 3rd Edition, Oxford University Press, 2011 Oxford University Press: The Medieval World View: William R. Cook
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