Curriculum Vitae

Adrienne L. Eastwood

Assistant Professor

English and Comparative Literature

San Jose State University

eastwood@email.sjsu.edu

(408) 924-4509

EDUCATION

Ph.D. English Literature, UC San Diego, 2004

M. A. British Literature, San Diego State University, 1997

B. A. Literature (English and American), UC San Diego, 1988

DISSERTATION

“Before the Threshold: The Elizabethan Epithalamium and Negotiations of Power.” Dissertation Director: Professor Louis A. Montrose. This dissertation investigates the epithalamium as it existed in England during the sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries, assessing the mediations between a particular poetic form and English culture across social ranks. The analysis encompasses the form’s classical origins and the varied mutations that occur in both English literary texts and in other cultural discourses. It includes a discussion of a popular epithalamic tradition evident in ballads; the dramatic uses of epithalamic elements in the plays of Thomas Preston, Robert Greene, Thomas Heywood, and William Shakespeare; and the formal epithalamia that were in circulation prior to the publication of Edmund Spenser’s “Epithalamion,” which is often erroneously viewed as the prototype. The dissertation considers the interplay between the cultural understanding of the epithalamium and its poetic or dramatic representation, and analyzes its relationship to the structures of power that shaped individual subjectivity in early modern England.

RESEARCH AND TEACHING INTERESTS

Early modern English literature and culture, including drama, formal poetry, ballads, and didactic prose (conduct manuals, sermons, and handbooks); Shakespeare; early modern women authors; gender studies; Roman literature; literary theory; composition.

PUBLICATIONS

"’Tis Pity She’s a Whore, American Conservatory Theater.” Forthcoming in Shakespeare Bulletin, Spring 2009.
"Between Wedding and Bedding: The Epithalamic Sub-genre in Shakespeare's Comedies." Forthcoming in Exemplaria.
“Critical Resources for A Midsummer Night’s Dream.” Forthcoming in A Midsummer Night’s Dream, edited by Regina Buccola, Continuum Press.
“The Secret Life of Elizabeth I.” Forthcoming in An Age for All Time: The English Renaissance In and Beyond Popular Shakespeare, edited by Gregory Semenza, Palgrave.
"Approaches to Teaching Edmund Spenser's Poetry." Instructor's Guide to the Broadview Anthology of British Literature, September 2007.
"'Surprising Histories': A Comparison of Two Pamphlets on A Female Husband." Notes and Queries. 54.4, 2007.
"Coriolanus: Santa Clara Department of Theatre and Dance." Shakespeare Bulletin. 25.2, 2007.
“`Neither Maide, Wife nor Widdowe, yet really all . . .”: Controversy and the Single Woman in The Maid’s Tragedy and The Roaring Girl.” Rocky Mountain Review of Language and Literature. 58.2, 2004.
“Henry IV, Part I, Adams Avenue Studio of the Performing Arts.” Shakespeare Bulletin, 23.2, 2004.
“Review of Periodical Articles on Hamlet, 2001-2002,” Hamlet Studies, 24, 2002.
“Hamlet, Grove Theater Center,” Shakespeare Bulletin, 19.1, 2001.
“Review of Periodical Articles on Hamlet, 1999-2000,” Hamlet Studies, 23, 2000.
“Edna O’Brien: An Annotated Secondary Bibliography (1980-1995),” Working Papers in Irish Studies, June, 1997.

AWARDS

College of Humanities and Arts, Release Grant, 2007.

Dean's Faculty Grant, College of Humanities and Arts, 2006.

Junior Faculty Development Grant, San Jose State University, 2006.

Dissertation Fellowship, UC San Diego Department of Literature, 2003.

ACADEMIC EMPLOYMENT

· Assistant Professor, Department of English and Comparative Literature, San Jose State University, Fall 2005-present.

· Instructor, Department of Literature, University of San Diego, Spring 2005.

· Instructor, Department of Literature, UC San Diego, Summer 2004.

· Teaching Assistant, Department of Literature, UC San Diego, 2002-present.

· Reader, Department of Literature, UC San Diego, Spring 2003 and Fall 2004.

· Teaching Assistant, Thurgood Marshall College Writing Program,

UC San Diego, 2000-2002.

· Teaching Assistant, Eleanor Roosevelt College Writing Program,

UC San Diego, 1998-2000.

· Adjunct Faculty, Academic Enrichment and Language Department and English Department, William Rainey Harper College, Palatine IL, 1997-1998.

COURSES TAUGHT

· “Shakespeare and Performance.” Undergraduate Elective, SJSU

· “Literature of the English Renaissance.” Graduate Seminar, SJSU

· “Introduction to Shakespeare.” Undergraduate General Education, SJSU

· “Shakespeare I.” Undergraduate Majors (upper division), SJSU

· “English Literature to 1800.” Undergraduate Majors, SJSU

· “Composition I and II.” Undergraduate, SJSU

· “Literature and Composition.” USD, Spring 2005.

· “Shakespeare: On Stage and Screen.” UCSD, Summer 2004.

· “Literature of the British Isles, 1660-1800.” Teaching Assistant to Prof. Kathryn Shevelow. UCSD, Winter, 2005.

· “Literature of the British Isles, pre-1660.” Teaching Assistant to Prof. Lisa Lampert.

UCSD, Fall 2004.

· “Literature of the British Isles, 1832-Present.” Teaching Assistant to Dr. Abbie Cory.

· “Literature of the British Isles, pre-1660.” Teaching Assistant to Prof. Lisa Lampert. UCSD, Fall, 2003.

· “Literature of the British Isles 1832-Present.” Teaching Assistant to Dr. Abbie Cory. UCSD, Spring 2003.

· “Literature of the British Isles, 1660-1800.” Teaching Assistant to Prof. Fred Randel, UCSD, Winter 2003.

· “Literature of the British Isles, pre-1660.” Teaching Assistant to Prof. David Crowne, UCSD, Fall 2002.

· “The Brontes.” Reader for Dr. Abbie Cory, UCSD, Fall 2002.

· “Dimensions of Culture,” Thurgood Marshall Writing Program, Fall 2000-Spring 2002.

· “Making of the Modern World, Courses 1-6.” Eleanor Roosevelt College Writing Program, Fall 1998-Spring 2000.

· “Composition 101.” William Rainey Harper College, Spring 1998.

· “Reading 90.” William Rainey Harper College, Fall 1997, Spring 1998. (Literature-based, comprehension skills course—basic.)

· “Reading 99.” William Rainey Harper College, Fall 1997. (Literature-based comprehension skills course—advanced.)

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES

Conference Papers:

· “Representations of Elizabeth I in Popular Culture.” Shakespeare Association of America, April 7, 2007.

· “The English Epithalamium in Sixteenth-Century Popular Culture.” Renaissance Conference of Southern California. San Marino, CA, March 3, 2007.

· “Royal Epithalamia and the Gynococratic Debates.” North Coast Renaissance Conference. Oakland, CA, April 29, 2006.

· “Roaring and Ranting Women: Politics and Gender in Middleton and Dekker’s The Roaring Girl and Aphra Behn’s The Widdowe Ranter.” Pacific Coast Conference on British Studies. Irvine, CA, March 25, 2006.

· “Between Wedding and Bedding: Shakespeare’s Use of the Epithalamic Convention.” Renaissance Society of America (Pacific Northwest Renaissance Conference), San Francisco, CA, March 24, 2006.

· “Between Wedding and Bedding: The Epithalamic Convention in Shakespeare’s Comedies.” Early Modern Society. SJSU, November 16, 2005.

· “Royal Epithalamia and the Gynococratic Debates.” North Coast Renaissance Conference. Oakland, CA, April 29, 2006.

· “Between Wedding and Bedding: Shakespeare’s Use of the Epithalamic Convention.” Renaissance Society of America (Pacific Northwest Renaissance Conference), San Francisco, CA, March 24, 2006.

· “In the Shadow of the Queen: Royal Epithalamia and the Gynecocratic Debates.” Renaissance Conference of Southern California, San Marino, CA, March 4-5, 2005.

· “`Neither Maide, Wife nor Widdowe, yet really all . . .’: Controversy, Alliance, and the Single Woman in Jacobean Drama.” American Comparative Literature Association, San Marcos, CA, April 4-6, 2003.

· “Contending Genders: Representations of Single Women in Jacobean Drama.” Pacific Coast Conference on British Studies, Stanford University, April 6-7, 2001.

· “Disappearing Ambiguity in The Surprising Adventures of a Female Husband!” QGRAD 2000: A Graduate Student Conference on Sexuality and Gender, UCLA, November 18, 2000.

· “Erotic, Politic Poetics: The Elizabethan Epithalamia and the Poetic Craft,” Renaissance Conference of Southern California, San Marino, CA, May 19-20, 2000.

· “Ritual Elements and Transformative Possibilities in As You Like It,” Shakespeare Association of America, Washington, DC, March 27-29, 1997.

· “Mask and Meaning: The Role of Mask in Shakespeare’s Histories and Tragedies,” California State University Shakespeare Symposium, Sacramento, CA, 1996.

Department and Professional Service and Activities

· Panel Participant, “Professor/Citizen: Teaching Early Modern Culture in a World Turned Upside Down,” GEMCS, Newport Beach, October 23-26, 2003.

· Panel Participant, Winter Teaching Colloquium, Department of Literature, UC San Diego, Spring 2003.

· Panel Participant, “Teaching in Writing Programs,” Department of Literature, UC San Diego, Spring 2001.

· Graduate Student Association Representative, Department of Literature, 2000-2001.

· Guest Lectures (8), UCSD Introductory British Literature Survey Courses and Shakespeare.

“Henry IV Part I,” 11/9/04

“Introduction to the Sixteenth Century,” 10/24/03, 10/21/04

“Jane Rhys, Wide Sargasso Sea,” 6/2/03, 6/4/03

“Tennyson’s `The Lady of Shallot,’” 4/18/03

“Sixteenth Century Lyric Poetry,” 11/06/02

“Edmund Spenser, Book I of The Faerie Queene” 11/13/02, 11/15/02

LANGUAGES

Reading competence in Latin.

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

Modern Language Association

Shakespeare Association of America

Renaissance Conference of Southern California

Group for Early Modern Cultural Studies

Rocky Mountain MLA