​Department of English
Crown Center for the Humanities
Loyola University Chicago
1032 West Sheridan Road
Chicago, IL 60660
Phone: 773-508-2240
​Website: LUC.edu/english

FACULTY EMPLOYMENT
2024-Present    University of Northwestern - St. Paul 

EDUCATION
Loyola University Chicago
2017-Present    Ph.D. in English
2017                   M.A. in English
Miami University of Ohio
2016                   B.A. in English Literature and Political Science
                   ​        cum laude, Honors in English, University Honors, and Phi Beta Kappa

DISSERTATION
Eternal City, Earthly City: The Reach of Rome in Early Modern English Literature

Advised by Director James A. Knapp (Loyola University Chicago), Virginia Lee Strain (Loyola University Chicago), and Steve Mentz (St. John's University)

My project examines how the reception of Roman classic writings shaped debates about social ecology occurring on the stage and page in early modern England, especially in Shakespeare’s Roman plays and narrative poems. I conclude that these plays and poems interrogate and harness relationships among human and environmental forces in response to religious and secular writings from classical antiquity which had cast human relationships with the natural environment in political and ethical while occluding physical terms.

RESEARCH INTERESTS
Environmental humanities; Premodern critical race studies; Classical reception in sixteenth- and seventeenth-century English literature, especially Shakespearean drama; Premodern women writers; Performance theory; Posthumanist theory; Ecofeminist theory

PUBLICATIONS
Refereed Article
“Skepticism in Marlowe’s Doctor Faustus: Examining Man’s Inefficacy through Suspect Language.” Text & Presentation, Spring 2018, pp. 70-85.

Invited to Revise
“Prudent Planting: Posthuman Justice in Shakespeare’s Titus Andronicus.” Publication contingent upon revisions requested by anonymous reviewers in April 2023

AWARDS & FELLOWSHIPS
2023   
· Earned the Spirit of Laudato si’ Sustainability in Learning Award for Graduate work supported by LUC.
· Awarded a Founders’ Prize for expanding my 2022 conference paper presentation into a strong scholarly article. Funded by the Medieval Association of the Pacific.
· Received funding for research conference presentation from the Graduate School at LUC.
2022
· Earned a $20,000 PEO Scholar Award for excellence and scholarly promise as a woman pursuing a doctoral degree. Funded by the Philanthropic Educational Organization (PEO).
· Earned a $4,000 Hank Fellowship on merit for researching topics in the Catholic Intellectual Tradition. Funded by the Hank Center for the Catholic Intellectual Heritage.
· Awarded a full scholarship for the two-week, virtual Sustainability Across the Curriculum Workshop led by faculty at Santa Clara University. Funded by the Office of Sustainability at LUC.
· Received funding for research conference presentation from the Graduate School at LUC.
2021   
· Earned a two-year (twelve-month, full-time each year) Editorial and Program Graduate Assistant Fellowship to serve the Midwest Modern Language Association. Supported by the MMLA and the Graduate School at LUC.
2020   
· Received the Amber Gravett and David Tuma Graduate Book Scholarship in English from the Department of English at LUC.
2019   
· Earned a merit-based Graduate Scholarship from the Medieval Association of the Pacific.
· Received funding for research travel from the Department of English at LUC.
· Received funding for research conference presentation from the Graduate School at LUC.
2018   
· Earned the Kathleen Toomey Fr. Edward Surtz Graduate Fellowship from the Department of English at LUC to conduct archival research at the British Library.
2017   
· Received funding for research conference presentation from the Graduate School at LUC.
2016   
· Earned a five-year fellowship for graduate studies from the Department of English and the Graduate School at LUC.

PRESENTATIONS
Panels Organized
2022   
Midwest Modern Language Association in Minneapolis, MN
            “Language, Gender, and Identity,” Undergraduate Research Forum Session
2019   
Midwest Modern Language Association in Chicago, IL
            “Shakespeare and Shakespearean Criticism,” Permanent Session I
            “Shakespeare and Shakespearean Criticism,” Permanent Session II
            “Medieval and Early Modern Literatures,” Ungraduate Research Forum Session
International Congress on Medieval Studies in Kalamazoo, MI
            “Pets in the Middle Ages: Love between People and Animals”
2017   
Midwest Modern Language Association in Cincinnati, OH
            “Transnational Resistances”
            “Race and Identity in Contemporary America”
            “New Approaches to Ulysses”

Conference Presentations (selected)
2023   
· “‘Bare and unpeopled’: Ravishment and the Roots of Kinship in Shakespeare’s The Rape of Lucrece.” Paper precirculated and discussed during the “Shakespeare, Sex, and Space” seminar at the Shakespeare Association of America in Minneapolis, MN.
· “Celebrate Sustainability.” Presented virtually during the “Sustainability in Course Design” panel of the virtual Focus on Teaching and Learning: Reflections Toward Actions conference  Loyola University Chicago in Chicago, IL.
2022   
· “Posthuman Prudence in Rome: Myth, Nature, and Romanitas in Shakespeare’s Titus Andronicus.” Presented at the Medieval Association of the Pacific in Banff, Alberta, Canada.
· “Race and Travel Writing in Early Modern England,” an introduction to Case folio G 29.7773 held at the Newberry Library. Presented virtually during the Newberry Library’s Multidisciplinary Graduate Conference in Premodern Studies. Recording available: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g-e4NsIhXTg
· “Nonhumanity, Race, and Romanitas in Shakespeare’s Titus Andronicus.” Paper precirculated and discussed during the “Classizing Race in Early Modern England” seminar at the Shakespeare Association of America in Jacksonville, FL.
2021   
· “Book Piracy in Early Modern Publishing Practices.” Presented virtually during the International Conference on Medieval and Early Modern Studies Conference on the topics of “Communication, Miscommunication, Translation, and Community in the Middle Ages and Early Modern Age.
· “Nonhumanity and Foreignness: Political Ecology in Shakespeare’s Roman Plays.” Paper precirculated and discussed during the “‘Foreign’ Places in Familiar Spaces” virtual seminar at the Shakespeare Association of America.
· “Foreign Setting, Foreign Politics: Exploring the Political and Ethical Significance of Nonhuman Bodies in Shakespeare’s Titus Andronicus.” Presented virtually during the Newberry Library’s Multidisciplinary Graduate Student Conference.
2020   
· “Dissertation Prospectus – Eternal City, Earthly City: The Reach of Rome in Early Modern English Literature.” Presented during the Newberry Library’s Dissertation Seminar.
2019   
· “A Moral Guidebook from Medieval Bohemia: A Study of Newberry Library Manuscript 31.1.” Presented at the Midwest Modern Language Association conference in Chicago, IL.
· “All That Remains: Science and Ritual in Sir Thomas Browne’s Treatment of the Dead.” Presented at the Arizona Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies and the Medieval Association of the Pacific joint conference in Phoenix, AZ.
2018   
· “Patres and Predators in Rome’s Body Politick: Reading the Natural Landscape within Julius Caesar.” Presented at the Comparative Drama Conference in Orlando, FL.
· “Rome’s Body Politick: Examining the Animal in Julius Caesar.” Presented at the Arizona Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies conference in Phoenix, AZ. Also presented at the graduate conference at the Arthur F. Kinney Center for Interdisciplinary Renaissance Studies in 2017 in Amherst, MA.
2017   
· “Skepticism in Marlowe’s Doctor Faustus: Examining Man’s Inefficacy through Suspect Language.” Presented at the Comparative Drama Conference in Orlando, FL.

Campus Talks (selected)
2022
· Roundtable speaker during the “Sustainability Across the Curriculum” panel organized by the Office of Sustainability at Loyola University Chicago.

TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Courses Taught
Writing Intensive (WI)
            ENGL 210: “Business Writing”                                                                                              
            Will teach in Fall 2023
            ENGL 271: “Poetry & Environment”                                                                                    
            Summer 2021
            ENGL 272: “Exploring Drama”                                                                                            
            Spring 2021
            ENGL 274: “Exploring Shakespeare”                                                                                    
            Fall 2019
Non-WI
            UCLR-E 100: “Literature on Nature from the Middle Ages to 1900”                                     
            Spring 2019
            UCWR 110: “Writing Responsibly”                                                                                        
            Fall 2017, Spring 2018

Courses Assisted
Presented select lectures, facilitated course discussion, and assisted with all grading.
            ENGL 326: “Major Plays by Shakespeare”                                                                             
            Fall 2018
            UCWR 110: “Writing Responsibly”                                                                                        
            Spring 2017
 
PROFESSIONAL SERVICE & DEVELOPMENT
Research Assistantships
2020-21          
· Conducted archival research for Priyanka A. Jacob, Ph.D.
2019-20          
· Conducted archival research for Jeffrey Glover, Ph.D.

Certificates
2022               
· Sustainability Across the Curriculum, earned for participating in a two-week course development workshop led by faculty at Santa Clara University during synchronous and asynchronous seminars.
2020-21          
· Ignatian Pedagogy Program, earned for participating in a year-long seminar series led by staff of the Faculty Center for Ignatian Pedagogy at Loyola University Chicago.
2020               
· MiniMBA Program, earned for participating in an abridged, asynchronous MBA program presented by faculty of the Farmer School of Business at Miami University of Ohio.

Program Committee Member
2021-22          
· “Post-Now” Convention for the Midwest Modern Language Association in Minneapolis, MN.
· Multidisciplinary Graduate Student Conference, Virtual Events and In-Person Sessions at the Newberry Library in Chicago, IL.
2020-21          
· “Cultures of Collectivity” Convention for the Midwest Modern Language Association in Milwaukee, WI.
· “Meeting Grounds: Mutual Ethics and Action in Animal Studies, Ecocriticism, Posthumanism,” Critical Workshop and Virtual Symposium, 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.
2019-20          
· “The Challenge of Translating the Bible,” Edward L. Surtz, S.J. Lecture in the Humanities at Loyola University Chicago in Chicago, IL.
2016-17          
· Publicity Assistant for the 26th McElroy Memorial Shakespeare Celebration Public Lecture, “‘This Borrow’d Likeness’: Race, Gender, Ethnicity, and Representation in Casting Shakespeare,” Loyol University Chicago in Chicago, IL.

Local Arrangements Committee Member
2022               
· “Attending to Women, 1100-1800: Performance” Conference at the Newberry Library in Chicago, IL.
2018               
· “Reframing Medieval Bodies” Conference, Illinois Medieval Association, Loyola University Chicago, Chicago, IL.
 
Workshop Participation (selected)
2022               
· “Global Shakespeare: Othello’s Venice in the World” Summer School, led by Drs. Rocco Coronato (Scientific Coordinator, University of Padua), Kevin Curran (University of Lausanne), Shaul Bassi (Ca’Foscari University of Venice), David Schalkwyk (Queen Mary Univeristy), Noémie Ndiaye (University of Chicago), and Elena Pellone (Venice Shakespeare Company) at Venice International University.
2020-21          
· “Gender, Power, Culture,” Virtual Dissertation Seminar, led by Drs. Linda Austern (Northwestern University) and Carole Levin (University of Nebraska), Newberry Library, supported by the Newberry’s Center for Renaissance Studies Program.
2020               
· Completed course on best practices for facilitating online courses, led by the Office of Online Learning at Loyola University Chicago.
· Completed training on cultivating accessible online and in-person courses, led by the Office of Online Learning at Loyola University Chicago.         
· Completed training on the responsible conduct of research and scholarship, led by faculty at Loyola University Chicago.
· Completed course on best practices for facilitating online courses, led by the Office of Online Learning at Loyola University Chicago.                                                      
2019               
· “Exploring Digital Premodern Libraries” Workshop at the Newberry Library in Chicago, IL.
2016-17          
· Completed a Teaching Effectiveness Seminar led by graduate students and faculty at Loyola University Chicago
 
Loyola University Chicago Community Support & Mentorship
2023               
· Adjudicated the Chicago branch of the Shakespearean monologue competition for high school students, hosted by Willows Academy for the 40th Annual English-Speaking Union National Shakespeare Competition
· Organized reading group on environmentally-attuned literature and theory
2019-20          
· Vice President of the English Graduate Student Association
2018-19          
· Secretary of the English Graduate Student Association
2017-Present   
· Graduate Program Mentor
2016-17          
· Tutor at the Writing Center at Loyola University Chicago
2016 
· Tutor at the Loyola University Chicago Literacy Center

LANGUAGES
Reading knowledge of French, Old English, and Spanish

Full CV available upon request

Emily L. Sharrett
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