ALICIA TOMASIAN
Educational Background:
Ph.D. University of Chicago
Dissertation: "Women
on Trial: Sexuality, Justice, and Persuasion
on the Renaissance Stage"
Courses Taught:
ENG 101
ENG 102
LIT 210: Introduction to Shakespeare
LIT 231: English Literature to 1800
Independent Study: The Challenger (Issues in Mass Communication)
Research Interests:
Shakespeare; The Courts of Henry VIII, Elizabeth I, James I; Tudor and Stuart Drama, Literature, and Culture; Legal and Criminal History; Feminist Approaches to Pre-1800 Literature, Reformation Theology
Recent Publications and Presentations:
"Moll's Law: Mary Frith, The Roaring Girl, and Corrupt Justice from the Streets to the Star Chamber," The Ben Jonson Journal
"'I Will Speak as Liberal as the North':
Women Witnessing for Women in Othello,"
Harvard Humanities Institute
"'A Fellow of the Royal Bed': Maternity
and Royal Authority in The Winter's
Tale," Framingham State College
