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Resume:
Dr. Kristin M.S. Bezio
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Richmond, VA 23219
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CURRICULUM VITAE
EDUCATION
June 2011 Successful defense of dissertation for the completion of a Ph.D. in English
Literature, Boston University
Field of Concentration: English Renaissance, with an emphasis on Early Modern
Drama.
Advisors: Professors James R. Siemon, William C. Carroll.
2003 M.A. in English Literature, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts.
2002 B.A. with Honors in English Literature, University of Wisconsin, Madison.
Field of Concentration: Modernist Women?s Poetry.
DISSERTATION
King and Corpus: Performance and Monarchy in Early Modern Drama
Readers: James R. Siemon, William C. Carroll
AWARDS & HONORS
2010 Allen D. Breck Award, Rocky Mountain Medieval and Renaissance Association.
2005-2010 Five-Time Travel Grant Recipient, Department of English, Boston University
2006 Outstanding Teaching Fellow Award, Department of English, Boston University.
2005 Gilman Prize for best graduate essay in Renaissance drama, Department of
English, Boston University.
2002-2003 Academic Scholarship and Stipend for the completion of the M.A. degree.
2001-2002 Trewartha Honors Thesis Grant, College of Letters and Science, University of
Wisconsin-Madison.
2001 Vivian Mowry Scholarship, Department of English, University of Wisconsin-
Madison.
2000 Mary Brabyn Wackman Scholarship, Department of English, University of
Wisconsin-Madison.
PUBLICATIONS
August 2010 Politics and Play: The National Stage and the Player King in Shakespeare?s
Henry V and Macbeth. Wooden O Symposium, Rocky Mountain Medieval and
Renaissance Association Southern Utah University, Cedar City, Utah.
May 2009 The Kingly Bastard: Royalty, Blood, and Performance in Shakespeare?s King
John. International Congress on Medieval Studies. Western Michigan
University, Kalamazoo, Michigan.
February 2009 Why Cordelia Has to Die: The Pattern of Sexual Betrayal and Armored Women
in Shakespeare?s Drama. Northeast Modern Language Association Conference.
Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts.
May 2008 Am I a king and must be overruled : Marlowe?s Medieval King Edward II and
Divine Right. International Congress on Medieval Studies. Western Michigan
University, Kalamazoo, Michigan.
April 2008 The Virtuous Tyrant?: Sovereignty and Saintliness in Shakespeare?s Henry
VI.
Renaissance Society of America national conference, Chicago, Illinois.
May 2007 Kingly Sacrifice: Monarchy, Performance, and Victimization in Shakespeare?s
Richard II. International Congress on Medieval Studies. Western Michigan
University, Kalamazoo, Michigan.
February 2007 Mirror of Machiavels: Shakespeare?s Performative Kings Henry V and Richard
III. Performing (In)Visibility Interdisciplinary Conference. University of
Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
November 2006 Locked up in thy blood?: Physical violence and blood-contagion in
Beaumont & Fletcher?s The Maid s Tragedy. Ohio Shakespeare Conference.
Marietta College, Marietta, Ohio.
March 2006 To Kill a King: Revising Hamlet as Macbeth. Pacific Northwest Renaissance
Society/Renaissance Society of America conference, San Francisco, California
.
March 2006Staging The Maid s Tragedy. Willing Suspension Productions Alumni
Colloquium. Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts.
COURSES TAUGHT
2011-PresentAssistant Professor of Leadership Studies, Jepson School of Leadership
Studies,
University of Richmond, Richmond, Virginia.
LDST 101-05 Leadership in the Humanities Fall 2011
LDST 390-02 Leadership on Stage and Screen Fall 2011
Directed Study: Senior Thesis Fall 2011
2008-2011 Graduate Writing Fellow, Writing Program, Boston University. Courses taught:
WR100 Revisiting Shakespeare?s Drama Fall 2008 & 2009
WR150 Revisiting Shakespeare?s Drama Spring 2009 & 2010
WR100 The Bard in the Digital Age Fall 2010
WR150 The Bard in the Digital Age Spring 2011
2003-2008Teaching Fellow, English Department, Boston University
.
Stand-alone courses:
WR100 Jewish and Christian Myths in LiteratureFall 2004
WR150Jewish and Christian Myths in LiteratureSpring 2005
EN143 Literary Types: Drama Fall 2005, Spring 2006 & 2008
EN164 Reading Shakespeare II Spring 2007
EN120 Introductory Writing (for English Majors):
Defining Evil Through Literature Fall 2007
Courses as a teaching assistant:
EN175 Literature and the Art of Film Fall 2003
EN141 Literary Types: Fiction Spring 2004
EN363 Shakespeare I Fall 2006
TEACHING INTERESTS
Sixteenth- & Seventeenth-Century Literature including Shakespeare and contemporaries,
Drama
and Performance, Women?s Literature, Comparative Literature, Directing, Acting,
Rhetoric and Composition, New Media, Leadership Studies
OTHER PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2011-Present Peer review reader for Quidditas
2011-2013Executive Board Member, Rocky Mountain Medieval and Renaissance
Association
2010-2011Fellow, Educational Resource Center Writing Center, Boston University
.
2009-2011 Experimental use of Digication software under the direction of the Writing
Program and university Provost?s office at Boston University2009-2011Tutor, College of Arts and Sciences Writing Center, Boston University.
2009-2011 Editorial board Member, WR, the journal of student writing for the College of
Arts and Sciences Writing Program, Boston University.
2008-2009Pilot instructor, Portfolio teaching at the College of Arts and Sciences
Writing
Program, Boston University.
1999-2002Teacher, Madison Creative Arts Program (Madison, Wisconsin). Taught theater in
a production setting to both acting and technical students aged 6-18, including
students with learning and developmental disabilities.
THEATER2010-Present Board of Directors, The Unorthodox Arts Foundation. The Unorthodox Arts
Foundation is a not-for-profit foundation created to support and cultivate
unconventional art and performance of all kinds.
2007-2011 Contracted staff: scenic construction, equipment strike, lighting. Actors?
Shakespeare Project, Boston, Massachusetts.
Productions: Macbeth, Henry V, The Tempest, King John, The Merchant
of Venice, The Duchess of Malfi, Coriolanus, Much Ado About Nothing,
The Taming of the Shrew, A Midsummer Night s Dream, Othello, 1& 2
Henry IV
2005-2011Director, Technical Director, Stage Manager and Lighting Designer, Willing
Suspension Productions, Boston University (specializing in rarely performed
early modern English drama).
Productions: Ben Jonson?s Bartholomew Fair, Thomas Middleton &
William Rowley?s The Changeling, John Marston?s The Dutch Courtesan,
Thomas Middleton?s A Mad Word My Masters, Christopher Marlowe?s
Edward II, Francis Beaumont & John Fletcher?s The Maid s Tragedy.
2010Volunteer Technical Staff. Trapeze School of New York Beantown October 29,
2010 Staff Show Circus of the Living Dead.
1999-2002Theatrical Technician, Stage Manager, Director, Resident Lighting Designer and
Master Electrician, Assistant Scenic Designer and Artist, Makeup Designer and
Assistant, Costume Assistant, Prop Master, and Assistant Director. Madison
Creative Arts Program, Madison, Wisconsin. ETC, Strand, ColorScroller, and
MainStage equipment; experience with two-scene presets and spotlights.
Performance included small, large, and indoor and outdoor venues. Musical
theatre, dance, Shakespeare, and contemporary drama.
2001-2002Lighting Consultant, Oakwood Village Retirement Community, Madison,
Wisconsin.
2001-2002Lighting Consultant, Oakwood Chamber Players, Madison, Wisconsin
.
2001Lighting Designer and Technician, Stage Manager. Cycropia Aerial Dance,
Madison, Wisconsin
Stage Manager and Lighting Designer. A String of Pearls, University of
Wisconsin-Madison
Lighting Technician, IO and HER and the Trouble with HIM, University of
Wisconsin-Madison Arts Institute. Madison Wisconsin
.
Speaker and Lighting Technician, University of Wisconsin-Madison Summer
Youth Program. Madison, Wisconsin.
2000Sound Board Operator. University Theatre production of A Raisin in the Sun at
University of Wisconsin-Madison. Madison, Wisconsin.
1998 Stage and Lighting Crew. Madison Savoyards production of A Dickens of a
Christmas, Madison, Wisconsin.
OTHER EMPLOYMENT
2010-2011Research Assistant to Professor Joseph Bizup, Assistant Dean and Director of
the
College of Arts and Sciences Writing Program at Boston University
2004-2010Head Guide at King?s Chapel (non-profit), Boston, Massachusetts. Educational
and promotional tours of King?s Chapel (Freedom Trail Foundation), historical
reenactments, research work, and scheduling.
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
Modern Language Association
Renaissance Society of America
Shakespeare Association of America
Rocky Mountain Medieval and Renaissance Association
International Medieval Institute
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