Speaking

I love conversations that bring literature and theater history to life. My talks explore Shakespeare’s plays, court pageantry, and the all-male stage, as well as the contributions of women writers and patrons.

Sample talk topics

Academic

Masques and Identity in Shakespeare
Hester Pulter and Disability Poetics
Gender and Disability in Early Modern Drama
Women Patrons as Literary Producers

Public

Why Was Shakespeare's Stage All Male?
Women Playmakers in Shakespeare's Time
Rediscovering Early Women Writers

Selected recent presentations

Nov. 2025: "Disability and Gender in Fair Em," Ohio State, Columbus.

Oct. 2025: "Why Was Shakespeare's Stage All Male?" Richland County Public Library, Mansfield, Ohio.

Oct. 2025: "Remixing the Masque: Feminist Critique in Hodge and Khalil's Henry VIII (2022)," Ohio Valley Shakespeare Conference, Toledo.

June 2025: "Gender and Audience Value," Shakespeare, Publics, and the Humanities symposium, Folger Shakespeare Library, Washington, DC.

March 2025: "Shakespeare's Masques and the Construction of Whiteness," Shakespeare Association of America annual meeting, Boston.

March 2025: "Pulter and Disability," Renaissance Society of America conference, Boston.