S. Dorsey "Dorrie" Armstrong (born 1970) is an American Arthurian scholar who is a Professor of English and Medieval Literature at Purdue University.
Before joining the English department at Purdue in 2002, she taught at Centenary College of Louisiana and California State University, Long Beach.
[1] Her book Gender and the Chivalric Community in Sir Thomas Malory's "Morte d'Arthur" was published by University Press of Florida in 2003,[2] and widely reviewed.
Armstrong's work Mapping Malory: Regional Identities and National Geographies in Le Morte Darthur, written in collaboration with Kenneth Hodges, explores the role played by geography in Malory's works.
Armstrong has won numerous awards for rigorous and engaged teaching style[citation needed].