Dr. Chad Thomas Associate Professor, Director of Women's and Gender Studies, English Contact 1310 Ben Graves DriveMorton HallRoom 278MHuntsville, AL 35899 Campus Map 256.824.6323chad.thomas@uah.edu Biography Dr. Chad Allen Thomas is the Director of the Women's and Gender Studies Program. He is also an associate professor of Shakespeare and dramatic literature in the English department at UAH. He also teaches classes for the Honors College, the Theatre program, and Women's and Gender Studies. Positing a connection between subjectivity and spectatorship, his research attempts to theorize the manifold responses cross-gender casting elicits from audiences, artists, and critics. His scholarship has been published in Shakespeare Bulletin, Comparative Drama, Theatre Topics, 1650-1850: Ideas, Aesthetics, and Inquiries in the Early Modern Period, and the essay collection Shakespeare on the Campus Stage (published by Cambridge University Press.) As well, he regularly presents papers at academic conferences, including the Shakespeare Association of America, the Renaissance Society of America, the American Popular Culture Association, and Queer Studies Now. His creative work with Theatre at UAH has included directing The Comedy of Errors (2011), The Tempest (2012), Picasso at the Lapin Agile (2014) A Midsummer Night's Dream (2015), and The Laramie Project (2015), as well as playing Joe Keller in All My Sons (2013). In addition, Dr. Thomas has been involved with several productions through Rocket City Shakespeare. Curriculum Vitae Personal Website Education Ph.D., English, University of Michigan, 2009 M.A., English, University of Michigan, 2003 M.A., English, University of North Texas, 2002 M.S., Theater, University of North Texas, 2000 B.F.A., Theater, University of New Mexico Credits Macbeth, Macbeth, Rocket City Shakespeare, 2016 Director, The Laramie Project, University of Alabama in Huntsville, 2015 Dramaturge, Richard III, Rocket City Shakespeare, 2015 Director, A Midsummer Night's Dream, University of Alabama in Huntsville, 2015 Director, Picasso at the Lapin Agile, University of Alabama in Huntsville, 2014 Touchstone & dramaturge, As You Like It, Rocket City Shakespeare, Huntsville, 2014 Baptista, The Taming of the Shrew, Rocket City Shakespeare, Huntsville, 2014 Joe Keller, All My Sons, University of Alabama in Huntsville, 2013 Director, The Tempest, University of Alabama in Huntsville, 2012 Director, The Comedy of Errors, University of Alabama in Huntsville, 2011 Affiliations American Society for Theatre Research Association for Theatre in Higher Education Modern Language Association Renaissance Society of America Shakespeare Association of America Expertise Shakespeare and Early Modern Drama Lesbian, Gay, and Queer Studies Theater and Performance Studies British, American, and World Drama English Renaissance Literature Recent Publications Review of "Shakesqueer: A Queer Companion to the Complete Works of Shakespeare." Theatre History Studies 32: 2012 "On Queering Twelfth Night," Theatre Topics 20.2: 2010 "Negotiating the Interregnum: The Political Drama of Davenant and Tatham," 1650-1850: Ideas, Aesthetics, and Inquiries in the Early Modern Period 10: 2004 Review of "Shakesqueer: A Queer Companion to the Complete Works of Shakespeare." Theatre History Studies 32: 2012 "On Queering Twelfth Night," Theatre Topics 20.2: 2010 "Negotiating the Interregnum: The Political Drama of Davenant and Tatham," 1650-1850: Ideas, Aesthetics, and Inquiries in the Early Modern Period 10: 2004