Robin Bates, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
English Department
Lynchburg College
Experience/Background
Prior to joining the faculty at Lynchburg College in the fall of 2008, I taught at Seton Hall University as an assistant professor of English (2007-2008), and at Auburn University as a graduate teaching assistant (2000-2005) and full-time instructor (2005-2007). While working on my master’s degree at Georgia Southwestern State University, I directed the Sumter Players JESTERS Shakespeare group for high school students (1997-2000), which performed locally and did an educational tour of London in 2000.
Education
Ph.D., English – Auburn University, 2005
M.Ed., English – Georgia Southwestern State University
B.A. Theatre Arts – Appalachian State University
Professional/Research Interests
Shakespeare and Early Modern English Literature, Irish Studies, Cultural Materialism and Post-colonial Theory, religion and politics in literature, rebellion and sectarian conflict in literature, Early Modern religious writing, manuscript editing
Recent Publications and Conference Presentations
Shakespeare and the Cultural Colonization of Ireland, Routledge, 2007.
“'The Queene is defrauded of the intent of the law’: Spenser’s Advocation of Civil Law in A View of the State of Ireland,” Papers on Language and Literature, May 2005.
“'What’s to come is still unsure’: carpe diem and Feste’s urging of festival in Twelfth Night,” Shakespeare Association of America, San Diego, 2007.
“Percys and Northern Rebellion,” Shakespeare Association of America, Philadelphia, 2006.
“Richard II, Irish Exiles, and the Breath of Kings,” Shakespeare Association of America, Bermuda, 2005.
Information on Courses Taught
Shakespeare, Sixteenth Century Literature, British Drama, British Literature I, World Literature, Composition
Contact
bates.r@lynchburg.edu or 434/544-8537