a bit about me:
Welcome to my website! I am a Professor of English at Auburn University. I specialize in early modern literature and culture, particularly material and visual cultures, Shakespeare, and Elizabeth I. I am the author of ten articles and book chapters and a book, The Face of Queenship: Early Modern Representations of Elizabeth; the editor of an essay collection, Queens Matter in Early Modern Studies, a co-editor of an essay collection, Tudor Court Culture, and A Biographical Encyclopedia of Early Modern Englishwomen, 1500-1650: Exemplary Lives and Memorable Acts, and a co-editor of Creating the Pre-Modern in the Post-Modern Classroom. My research has received support from the Folger Institute, Auburn University, American Association of University Women, University of Illinois at Chicago, and the English-Speaking Union.
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I am a recipient of the Early Career Teaching Award, College of Liberal Arts, Auburn University, 2011; and Faculty Excellence in Teaching Award, Department of English, Auburn University, 2017. In 2015 and again in 2018, I was awarded a Short-term Weinmann Fellowship at the Folger Institute. I teach undergraduate and graduate courses in Renaissance literature, as well as specialized courses on the body, drama, Shakespeare adaptations, visual and material culture, Elizabeth I, women writers, and magic in early modern England.
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I am a member of editorial board of Explorations in Renaissance Culture and Director of Core Literature Program, and, with my husband Dr. Craig Bertolet, Co-Director of Auburn Summer in London Program.
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