1984 Ph.D. in Drama, University of Toronto Graduate Centre for the Study of Drama. Winner of the Clifford Leech Award for outstanding dissertation in English and Drama. Distinction awards received for Text and Theory, Medieval and Renaissance Drama.
Theatrical Patronage in Shakespeare’s England, edited with Paul W. White, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2002. Includes my introduction and a chapter entitled “The History and Theory of Patronage Studies.”
Entries on “interlude” and “morality play.” The Princeton Dictionary of Poetry and Poetics. Ed. Alex Preminger et al. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1993. 613; 800-01.
“Ping Chong’s Terra In/cognita: Monsters on Stage” in Asian American Literature. Ed. Shirley Lim and Amy Ling. Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 1993. 46-69.
“The Silver Lining in the Mushroom Cloud: Meredith Monk’s Opera/Dance/Theatre. Modern American Drama: The Female Canon, ed. June Schlueter. Fairleigh Dickinson University Press, 1993.
“The Boy Who Would Be King: Court Revels of King Edward VI, 1547-1553.” Comparative Drama: 35, no. 3-4 (2001-2002): p. 271-90.
“‘Not Waving but Drowning’: Surfing the Net for Shakespeare” Early Theatre, 5.2:2002. 87-132.
“Mastering the Revels: The Regulation and Censorship of English Renaissance Drama by Richard Dutton” (review) in Medieval and Renaissance Drama in England, 9:1997:257-60.
“Invading the Cornfield: Ping Chong’s Deshima.” American Theatre, Jan. 1993: 10-11.
“The Chapel: Theatrical Performances in Early Tudor Great Households.” English Literary Renaissance 18.2 (1988): 171-193.
“The Backside of Myth: Sam Shepard’s Manipulation of Mythic Structures,” with Steven Putzel. The Journal of Dramatic Theory and Criticism, 4.1 (1989): 109-124.
“‘The Actors Are Come Hither’: Literary Analogues of Itinerant Player Troupe Procedures,” Theatre Survey, May 1989: 56- 68.
“He’s for a jig or a tale of bawdry”: Non-academic Academic Drama, International Medieval Conference, Kalamazoo MI 2009.
“Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous: Diet and Design in the Tudor Royal Household, International Medieval Conference, Kalamazoo MI 2007.
” ‘Since Eve ate apples, much depends on dinner’: Design and Diet in Early Modern Feasts” Group on Early Modern Culture Conference, Orlando 2004.
“Dream and Wake: Neil Gaiman’s Sandman and Comic Book Versions of Shakespeare” Shakespeare Association of America, Miami 2001.
“The Boy who would be King: Court Entertainments of Edward VI” International Medieval Conference, Kalamazoo MI, May 2000, Faculty Research Forum, Lafayette College, Sept. 2000.
“‘The Useless Dearness of the Diamond’: Patronage Theatre and Households,” Patronage and Provincial Shakespeare, Leeds University, April 1999.
“Citing Shakespeare in American Popular Culture” Shakespeare Association of America, San Francisco, 1998.
“Casting the Moor or Mooring the Cast: Colour and culture in Othello.” Shakespeare Association of America, Washington D.C. 1997.
“Great Household Drama: Staging Wisdom.” Medieval Conference, Kalamazoo, MI. 1990.
“Household Stuff: Early Tudor Household Revels.” Group for Early Modern Cultural Studies, Chapel Hill, 1998.
“Not Waving but Drowning’: Surfing the Net with Shakespeare.” Shakespeare Association of America, Cleveland OH, 1998.
“Players on the Road in Early Modern England.” Shakespeare Association of America, Vancouver, B.C. 1991.
“Public Privacy: Wedding Revels in Tudor Noble Households.” Shakespeare Association of America, Albuquerque, N.M. 1993.
‘Since Eve Ate Apples’: Food and Performance in Early Modern England Based on two papers I have delivered on feasting during the reigns of Henry VIII and Elizabeth I, I am preparing a book-length study of ceremonies, processions, progresses, and entertainments surrounding the service of feasts at the royal and noble courts. Drawing on anthropological theory and primary sources, I explore not only the types of food served to various constituencies, but also the complex methods of food preparation, purchase, service, and consumption.
2004 Churchill, Far Away 2003 Brecht, Mother Courage 2001 Amiee, A Tempest 2000 Martin, Picasso at the Lapine Agile 1999 Wilder, The Skin of our Teeth 1998 Shakespeare, A Midsummer Night’s Dream 1997 Weiss, Marat/Sade 1996 Stoppard, Arcadia Westfall (adapter), Sophocles, Anouilh, Paulin, Antigone/The Riot Act 1994 Middleton and Rowley, The Changeling 1993 Wertenbaker, Our Country’s Good 1992 Overmeyer, On the Verge 1991 Havel, Temptation; 1991 Professional tour of Eliot, Murder in the Cathedral; Genet, The Balcony 1990 Shakespeare, Macbeth
Courses taught at Lafayette College since 2000:
2008/09 ENG 339 Revenge and Restoration Interim London Theatre ENG 205 Literary Questions (Spring) THTR 230 Theatrical Styles: Shakespeare and Brecht (Spring)
2008/09 ENG 205 Literary Questions ENG 339 Revenge and Restoration Drama
2007/08 ENG 335 Renaissance Drama ENG 207 Theatre History ENG 205 Literary Questions
2006/07 ENG 205 Literary Questions
2005/06 ENG 205 Literary Questions ENG 346 Contemporary Drama ENG 214 New Media
2004/05 ENG 227 Introduction to Theatre ENG 345 Modern Drama ENG 110 College Writing ENG 214 New Media: The Graphic Novel
2003/04 ENG 205 Literary Questions ENG 302 Shakespeare ENG 205 Literary Questions
2002/03 ENG 110 College Writing ENG 380 Special Topics: Performance Art ENG 270 Interim: London Theatre FYS 088: Mad, Bad and Dangerous to Know: The Appeal of Evil ENG 334 Medieval Drama
2001/02 Spring semester Abroad in London: Acting, Alternative Londons Interim: London Theatre ENG 205 Literary Questions ENG 336 Revenge and Restoration
2000/01 THTR 215 Acting and Improvisation Interim New York Theatre ENG 335 Renaissance Drama ENG 110 College Writing ENG 205 Literary Questions
2008/09: LeighAnn Does (Honors): The Duchess of Malfi: A Comparison of Spanish and English Versions
2007/08: Jenny Stoller (INDS) Medieval Literature and Food: The Land of Cockayne
2005/06: Tyler Cohn (Honors): The Complete Works of Shakespeare, Abridged: Dramaturgy and Performance Jose Tano (INDS): Structure and Style in Graphic Novels Emily Becher (INDS): Middleton and Rowley’s The Changeling and Modern Women
2004/05 Sarah Templeton: Acting Far Away (INDS) Toni Ahrens (Honors): Uncommon Women and Others: Dramaturgy and Performance
2003/04 Jennifer Carty (Honors) and Nana Opuku (INDS): Lafayette’s Undesirable Elements Elizabeth Youngkin, Gregory Herchenroether, Keli Whitnel, Amanda Carey, Katherine Rewinkle, and Adrian Fang: Acting Mother Courage (INDS)
2002/03 Jennifer Engstrom, Women in Renaissance Drama (INDS)
Director: Lafayette Semester Abroad, 1991, 1995, and 2001
2008/09 Chair, Ad-hoc committee on Education for the Global Environment Head, English Dept. Film and Media Studies Advisory Chair, Search Committee, Department of English Orientation discussion leader, coach speakers for Convocation Integrating Computing in the Curriculum (Liew) Representative, Trustee and Marquis Scholars receptions Workshop leader, German Expressionism (Prof. Lamb-Feffleberger) Reader for Fairleigh Dickinson University Press Writing Advisor, Lafayette Science Scholars (Prof. Kimber)
2007/08 Teaching and Learning (chair) Head, English Dept. Film and Media Studies Advisory Orientation Planning Committee/discussion leader Lafayette Representative for Imagining America Conference Chair, Search Committee, Department of English Workshop leader, German Romantic Theatre (Prof. Lamb-Feffleberger) Theatre Presentation, Development Office Theatre Open House (admissions) Representative, Trustee and Marquis Scholars receptions “Coffee and Books: The DaVinci Code” Margaret Ahart reading organizer (Armenian Genocide) Reader for Fairleigh Dickinson University Press
2006/07 Head, English Dept. Orientation Planning Committee/discussion leader Representative, Trustee and Marquis Scholars receptions Reader for Fairleigh Dickinson University Press
2005/06 Teaching and Learning Committee on Appeals (chair) Head, English Department Chair, three search Committees Orientation Committee Keynote Speaker, Convocation Representative, Trustee and Marquis Scholars receptions Reader for Lafayette feminist conference (Prof. Macmahon) External reviewer for ESU theater program Reader for Fairleigh Dickinson University Press
2004/05 Committee on Appeals (acting chair) Head, English Department Acting Head, Theatre Program Speaker for Admissions presentations on English, CWP and Theatre Orientation Committee (Keynote speaker; “Imagining America”) Representative, Trustee and Marquis Scholars receptions Panel organizer, Paul Robeson, Renaissance Man Reader for Fairleigh Dickinson University Press
2003/04 Sabbatical Coaching for “Time Out,” Counseling Center theatre group Producer, Performance Art presentations
2002/03 Teaching and Learning (chair) Paul Robeson conference planning committee Coaching for “Time Out,” Counseling Center theatre group Guest lecturer in early modern theatre history at East Stroudsburg University
2001/02 Teaching and Learning Co-advisor for “Time Out,” Counseling Center theatre group
2000/01 Abroad Co-advisor for “Time Out,” Counseling Center theatre group
1999/2000 Computer Services Advisory Committee, Chair Committee on Appeals Co-advisor for “Time Out,” Counseling Center theatre group Special Committee on Selectivity
July 2007 Hotel Bethlehem “Magicfest,” performance and planning 2005-Present Performance coordinator, Columcille Megalithic Park 2001-2005 Artistic Committee for Fine Arts Discovery Series, Stroudsburg PA
Executive Board, Medieval and Renaissance Drama Society Editorial Board, Early Theatre Modern Language Association Shakespeare Association of America Association for Theatre in Higher Education