He has published on Latin and Old English works and is currently writing on Churchill’s rhetorical style and Tolkien’s reworking of folktale narrative in The Hobbit.Jamie Johnston is an Assistant Professor at Western University who teaches in both the Department of English and the Program in Writing, Rhetoric, and Professional Communication. His current areas of academic interest include contemporary health and professional communication, as well as exploring the connection between writing instruction and confessional identity in early modern England. He lives in St. Thomas, Ontario, with his wife and two children.