Robert Whalen

Associate Professor
B.A., York University
M.A., Ph.D., University of Toronto
rwhalen@nmu.edu
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Teaching Specialties

• Shakespeare
• Renaissance Literature
• British Literature Surveys

Robert Whalen received his Ph.D. (1999) from the University of Toronto where he studied British Renaissance literature. He is the author of The Poetry of Immanence: Sacrament in Donne and Herbert (U of Toronto P, 2002) as well as (selected) articles in Renaissance Quarterly, Early Modern Literary Studies, Text Technology, and Centered on the Word: Literature, Scripture, and the Tudor-Stuart Middle Way (U of Delaware P, 2004). His current research includes an electronic edition of George Herbert’s English verse, The Digital Temple (U of Virginia P, forthcoming).

Rob lives in Marquette with Eva and their sons, Joel and Michael, and two cats, Freja and Sif. In addition to interests in music and cooking, he is actively cultivating a taste for swimming in Lake Superior.