Dr. Mark Kaethler, Academic Chair/Instructor
Education & Credentials:
- PhD, University of Guelph
- MA, Lakehead University
- HBA, Lakehead University
Began teaching at MHC: 2016
Mark Kaethler teaches and researches early literature, particularly Shakespearean drama. Their classes explore these texts alongside contemporary adaptations, theories, and politics. Mark approaches the idea of what constitutes a literary text from a broad perspective that encompasses their interests, ranging from Shakespearean drama to videogames.
Mark works on SSHRC funded digital editorial projects with collaborators at the University of Victoria and other institutions, and their classes have participated in these activities, generating open access publications that have credited students for their contributions.
Mark has previously held a fellowship at the Folger Shakespeare Library, and their work has appeared in various scholarly journals and collections of essays. They are the author of Thomas Middleton and the Plural Politics of Jacobean Drama and a co-editor of Shakespeare's Language in Digital Media: Old Words, New Tools.