Leslie Donovan is a full professor for the Honors College at the University of New Mexico. She earned her B.A. and M.A. in English from UNM and her Ph.D. in Medieval Literature from the University of Washington in Seattle. Her research includes studies of J. R. R. Tolkien, Beowulf, Anglo-Saxon women saints, and Honors teaching. She teaches interdisciplinary courses in Humanities and Communications and has earned several teaching awards. She has special interests in digital pedagogies.