That year he joined the faculty at the University of Georgia, where he is a professor of medieval languages and literature].
In addition, he researches and teaches on Tolkien studies, with topics including the languages of Middle-earth.
[1] Brian McFadden, reviewing Ents, Elves, and Eriador, finds the book's argument plausible, Christianity notwithstanding, since "the basic principles of stewardship that Dickerson and Evans lay out are in line with those of many environmental writers", while their Tolkien scholarship was right up to date.
[2] Caroline Batten, reviewing Evans's An Introduction to Old English in The Medieval Review, writes that it offers "a well-designed, substantive, and entirely authoritative course plan" for teaching the language, including both its historical and its linguistic contexts.
Hughes notes that Evans compares how Tolkien and Milton addressed "parallel problems" like the fall of man in their Bible-related stories.