David Wood

Assistant Professor

Ph.D., Purdue University (2004)
M.A., University of Alaska Fairbanks (2000)
B.A., Skidmore College (1993)

Teaching Specialties

• English Renaissance drama, poetry, and prose
• Shakespeare
• Milton
• Mythology

David Wood received his doctorate from Purdue University, where he co-chaired the Purdue University Renaissance Prose Conference while studying English Renaissance and medieval literature. Having published numerous articles on Shakespeare, Sidney, and the Italian baroque painter, Caravaggio, David is the author of a recent book entitled Time, Narrative, and Emotion in Early Modern England (Ashgate, 2009), and is currently at work co-editing a special issue of the online journal Disability Studies Quarterly, entitled “Disabled Shakespeares.” David has lived in Marquette for the past 2 years with his wife (Vicki), three young children (Maddie, Henry, and Nate), and shaggy, black dog (Shep), and is also a proud winner of The New Yorker’s cartoon caption contest (#111).