Expertise

My research focuses on the drama of Shakespeare and his contemporaries and on early modern women's writing.  My particular areas of interest include early modern theater culture, genre criticism and historical formalism, feminist theory and gender studies, economic criticism, and early modern religious culture.

I specialize in early modern literature, with concentrations in Tudor and Stuart drama, Shakespeare, and early modern women’s writing.  My additional teaching and research interests include early modern theater culture, dramatic genres, feminist theory and gender studies, economic criticism, and early modern religious culture.  

Michelle Dowd is a specialist in Shakespeare and Renaissance drama as well as early modern women’s writing. Her research interests include early modern theater culture, dramatic genres, feminist theory and gender studies, and economic criticism.

Specialty:

  • Renaissance
  • Strode Program
  • British Literature

Research Areas:

  • Renaissance Literature

Expertise:

  • British Literature
Communities
English
Degrees
PhD, Columbia University, English Literature, 2003
MPhil., Columbia University, English Literature, 2000
MA, Columbia University, English Literature, 1998
BA, University of Rocheste, English and History, 1997