Professor Krause taught at UMKC from 1995-2022. Her research explores a series of interconnected issues related to women’s roles and representation in the French Middle Ages. Combining literary and manuscript analysis with historical research, her current work on the intersection of female inheritance and literary production in northern France aims to challenge traditional male-centered, socio-historical analyses of medieval French fictional narratives by viewing these texts within the lineage-centered politics of the 13th and 14th centuries. She teaches courses that relate to her research interests including seminars on French medieval and Renaissance literature and on medieval European courtly culture; she also teaches a wide variety of courses on French language and culture more generally.