Assistant Professor of English
Ripon College
300 Seward Street
Ripon, WI 54971
(920) 748-8125

E-mail: StageK@ripon.edu

Education

• PhD., New York University
• MA, New York University
• AB, Harvard University

Areas of Interest

• Early modern literature, especially drama
• 16th- and 17th-century writings on London
• Development of the early modern metropolis and urbanism
• Spatial theory
• Theater history

Recent Publications and Presentations

• " 'The Roaring Girl's' London Spaces" forthcoming, Winter 2009, "Studies in English Literature, 1500-1900 "
• "Legal Space and English City Comedy," Renaissance Society of America Conference, March 2007, Miamai, Fla.
• "Moves Make the Moll: 'The Roaring Girl's' Open City," Colloquium on Early Literature and Culture in English, with respondent Dr. Karen Newman, NYU, April 2006, New York, N.Y.
• Panel Organizer: "Do Not Pass Go: Crossing the Line in Early Modern London," with paper " ' Eastward Ho' And the Prison of Travel," Group for Early Modern Cultural Studies Conference, December 2005, San Antonio, Texas
• "The City Cannot Hold You: Middleton's Cheapside," Literary London Conference, July 2005, Kingston University, U.K.
• "Importing 'Every Man in His Humour': the Relocation of Consumer Culture and the Commerce of Consumption," Group for Early Modern Cultural Studies Conference, November 2004, Orlando, Fla.
• "Is a Word Enough? The Scrivener's Documents Staged," Group for Early Modern Cultural Studies Conference, October 2003, Costa Mesa, Calif.

Professional Associations

• Modern Language Association
• Renaissance Society of America
• Shakespeare Association of America

Current Courses Taught

• Eng 110: Literature and Composition
• Eng 251: Foundations of English Literature