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EDUCATION
Ph.D., English, Loyola University Chicago, 2017-Present Area: Early Modern English Literature and Cultural Studies M.A. in English, Loyola University Chicago, 2017 B.A. in English Literature, Miami University of Ohio, 2016 B.A. in Political Science, Miami University of Ohio, 2016 Honors in English, University Honors, and cum laude Honors in English Thesis: “Staging Race in Early Twentieth-Century American Theatre” RESEARCH Current Research and Teaching Interests Classical literature and culture interpreted in sixteenth- and seventeenth-century British literature, especially Shakespearean drama; women writers in early modernity; posthumanist theory; performance theory; ecofeminist theory PUBLICATION Peer-Reviewed Article “Skepticism in Marlowe’s Doctor Faustus: Examining Man’s Inefficacy through Suspect Language.” Text & Presentation, Spring 2018, pp. 70-85. RESEARCH GRANTS, FELLOWSHIPS, AND ASSISTANTSHIPS Newberry Library (Chicago, IL) 2020-2021 Dissertation Seminar: "Gender, Power, Culture," Led by Drs. Linda Austern (Northwestern University) and Carole Levin (University of Nebraska), Supported by the Newberry's Center for Renaissance Studies Programs Loyola University Chicago 2020 Research Assistant to Dr. Priyanka Jacob, Department of English 2019-2020 Research Assistant to Dr. Jeffrey Glover, Department of English 2019 Medieval Association of the Pacific Graduate Scholarship (Spring 2019) 2019 Research Travel Grant, Department of English (Spring 2019) 2018 Archival Research at the British Library Supported by the Kathleen Toomey Fr. Edward Surtz Graduate Fellowship, Department of English (Summer 2018) 2017-2019 Research Travel Grant, The Graduate School (Fall 2017, Spring 2019) 2016-2021 Graduate Fellowship, Department of English Miami University of Ohio 2015-2016 Dean’s Scholar Research Grant, College of Arts and Sciences 2015 Archival Research at the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman Center, Supported by the Summer Scholar Research Grant, Department of English 2015 Research Assistant to Dr. Katie N. Johnson, Department of English ACADEMIC HONORS AND AWARDS Miami University of Ohio 2016-Present Phi Beta Kappa, Member 2015-2016 Dean’s Scholar Award, College of Arts and Science 2015 Robert F. Almy Award in Critical Interpretation, Department of English 2015 Gordon and Mary Wilson Scholarship, Department of English 2015 Paul and Winifred Pearson Scholarship, College of Arts and Science 2015 Senior Service Leadership Award for Intellectual and Cultural Leadership 2015 Undergraduate Summer Scholar’s Grant and Tuition Waiver 2014 Honors Tuition Waiver, University Honors Program 2014 College of Arts and Science Scholarship 2013 Sara M. Trottman Scholarship, College of Arts and Science 2013 Global Initiatives Scholarship 2013-2016 Member of Sigma Tau Delta, Honors English Fraternity, Phi Nu Chapter 2012-2015 Dean’s List, College of Arts and Science (Fall 2012, Spring 2013, Fall 2013, Spring 2014, Spring 2015) 2012-2016 Member, University Honors, University Honors Program 2012-2016 Class of 1959 Scholarship 2012-2016 Redhawk Excellence Scholarship ACADEMIC CONFERENCES Presentations 2019 “A Moral Guidebook from Medieval Bohemia: A Study of Newberry Library Manuscript 31.1,” Midwest Modern Language Association, Chicago, IL, November 2019. 2019 “Rewriting Mary Shelley’s Elizabeth Lavenza: Remy Bumppo’s Stage Production of Nick Dear’s Frankenstein,” Comparative Drama Conference, Rollins College, April 2019. 2019 “All That Remains: Science and Ritual in Sir Thomas Browne’s Treatment of the Dead,” Arizona Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies and Medieval Association of the Pacific Joint Conference, Phoenix, AZ, February 2019. 2018 “Patres and Predators in Rome’s Body Politick: Reading the Natural Landscape within Julius Caesar,” English Graduate Symposium, Loyola University Chicago, April 2018. 2018 “Patres and Predators in Rome’s Body Politick: Reading the Natural Landscape within Julius Caesar,” Comparative Drama Conference, Rollins College, April 2018. 2018 “Rome’s Body Politick: Examining the Animal in Julius Caesar,” Arizona Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies 24th Annual Conference, Phoenix, AZ, February 2018. 2017 “Examining the Framed Anthology: Structuring a Reading of Shakespeare’s The Winter’s Tale,” Midwest Modern Language Association, Cincinnati, OH, November 2017. 2017 “Rome’s Body Politick: Examining the Animal in Julius Caesar,” University of Massachusetts Graduate Conference, Arthur F. Kinney Center for Interdisciplinary Renaissance Studies, Amherst, MA, October 2017. 2017 “Skepticism in Marlowe’s Doctor Faustus: Examining Man’s Inefficacy through Suspect Language,” 10th Annual Graduate Interdisciplinary Research Symposium, Loyola University Chicago, April 2017. 2017 “Skepticism in Marlowe’s Doctor Faustus: Examining Man’s Inefficacy through Suspect Language,” English Graduate Symposium, Loyola University Chicago, April 2017. 2017 “Skepticism in Marlowe’s Doctor Faustus: Examining Man’s Inefficacy through Suspect Language,” Comparative Drama Conference, Rollins College, April 2017. 2016 “Staging Race in Early Twentieth-Century Transnational Theatre,” Undergraduate Research Forum, Miami University of Ohio, April 2016. Organizer on Conference Planning Committee 2019-Present “Meeting Grounds: Mutual Ethics and Action in Animal Studies, Ecocriticism, Posthumanism," Supported by the Svaglic Chair of Textual Studies in the Department of English and the Center for Textual Studies and Digital Humanities at Loyola University Chicago, Virtual Conference, Upcoming in April 2021. Presiding Chair and Moderator of Panel Sessions 2019 “Shakespeare and Shakespearean Criticism,” Permanent Session I, Midwest Modern Language Association, Chicago, IL, November 2019. 2019 “Shakespeare and Shakespearean Criticism,” Permanent Session II, Midwest Modern Language Association, Chicago, IL, November 2019. 2019 “Pets in the Middle Ages: Love between People and Animals,” International Congress on Medieval Studies, Kalamazoo, MI, May 2019. Moderator of Panel Sessions 2019 “Medieval and Early Modern Literatures,” Ungraduate Research Forum Session, Midwest Modern Language Association, Chicago, IL, November 2019. 2017 “Transnational Resistances,” Midwest Modern Language Association, Cincinnati, OH, November 2017. 2017 “Race and Identity in Contemporary America,” Midwest Modern Language Association, Cincinnati, OH, November 2017. 2017 “New Approaches to Ulysses,” Midwest Modern Language Association, Cincinnati, OH, November 2017. TEACHING AND MENTORING Instructor, Department of English, Loyola University Chicago 2019 ENGL 274 – “Exploring Shakespeare; Writing Intensive Course” 2018 UCLR 100E – “Exploring Nature in Literature” 2017-2018 UCWR 110 – “University Core Writing Requirement: Writing Responsibly” (Fall 2017, Spring 2018) Assistant Instructor, Department of English, Loyola University Chicago 2018 ENGL 326 – “Major Plays by Shakespeare” (Collaborated with Dr. James A. Knapp) 2017 UCWR110 – “University Core Writing Requirement: Writing Responsibly” (Collaborated with Professor Nadine Kenney Johnstone) Full CV available upon request.
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Emily L. Sharrett
esharrett@luc.edu
esharrett@luc.edu