"In one of the medieval books that I often teach, Langland’s Piers Plowman, the protagonist takes a dream journey to Truth, and Langland composes this as a dialogue with a cast of figures; the allegorical personifications that the protagonist meets each challenge his perspectives and problematize his pilgrimage as much as they aid it. This is a model for my teaching: my role is not to hand students some objective truth, but rather, I hope our dialogues inspire them to think critically for themselves, to seek answers, and to appreciate the complexity and beauty of the journey itself."