List of academic signatories by field

Current and former faculty: 942 verified.

Name, listed by field Position and affiliation, or personal comment Date signed
Other / Unspecified
Prof. Dennis L. Swibold, M.A.

Retired professor at the University of Montana, Missoula, Montana.

12/05/24
Richard Toth

NY

08/02/09
Mr. William Turner

09/03/16
Mrs. Estelle Van Zyl, M.A.

Teacher and sceptic.

03/07/22
Karl P. Wiberg

I suppose there's no "smoking gun" (de Vere's Geneva Bible?); but the Everest of circumstantial evidence for Oxford is decisive -- freelance journalist.

11/16/10
Mr. Jinglin Zuo, M.A.

There is "room for doubt", and other reasonable scenarios are possible.

11/19/07
Other Humanities
Mr. Antonio Acuna, M.A.

Keeping Shakespeare's identity as it is only benefits those who make money off of it.

09/09/07
Prof. Peter Atterton, Ph.D.

Professor of Philosophy, San Diego State University; Ph.D. from University of Essex, England.

04/09/18
Prof. Babette Babich, Ph.D.

Professor of Philosophy, Fordham University, NYC

08/19/12
Nancy Jean Beach, M.A.

I harbor a reasonable doubt that the man from Stratford is the sole author of the sonnets and plays attributed to Mr. William Shakespeare.

04/23/22
Dr. Sandy Berkovski

Bilkent University

09/09/07
Mr. Robin Arthur Blick

Historian

03/20/21
Mr. John Kenyon Blossom, M.B.A.

Former Instructor of English, Western New England College; son of John E. Blossom, author of English textbooks and Shakespeare authorship agnostic

10/17/09
Mr. Rodney Morgan Brown, M.M.

Composer

06/02/16
Dr. Karen S. Buzzard, Ph.D.

Professor and former director, School of Art and Media Studies, Fairleigh Dickinson University; expert in media audiences, esp. history of the ratings industry

11/16/19
Toni Chir

03/28/25
Grant Christison, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor, Woosong University, South Korea

05/20/23
Mr. Steven Robert Cohen

Philosophy was my field, curiosity my passion.

03/28/20
Dr. Virginia Lyle Jennings Colombo, Ph.D.

Adjunct Lecturer, Philosophy, Tulane University

09/27/22
Dr. George M. Cornecelli, D. Phil.

Philosopher

07/28/20
Mr. Lanny Cotler

Director/writer, film/theater; Tutor in Classics, St. Johns College, Santa Fe, NM

10/24/17
Prof. Lee Davis, Ph.D.

Emerita Professor of Anthropology

05/27/16
David Deane, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor of Theology, Atlantic School of Theology, Halifax, Nova Scotia

09/09/07
Prof. Gerard Dunnhaupt, Ph.D.

Fellow, Royal Society of Canada

09/03/09
Dr. Garnier Eliane

Psychologist, Doctor of human engineering

04/28/16
Ms. Jaye Ella-Ruth, M.A.

For me, ‘Shakspere’ of Stratford couldn’t be the ‘Spear Shaker’ responsible for creating what was to become the foundational narrative of his country and race.

09/21/18
Nancy E. Emery, M.A.

Organized readthroughs of all Shakespeare's plays (most twice) over several years. Most intrigued by Mary Sidney Herbert, Countess of Pembroke.

02/15/22
Mr. Javier Espejo Surós, Ph.D.

Maître de conférences. Université Catholique de l'Ouest

04/27/14
Eduardo Odella Fernandez

Musician, classical guitarist and composer, researcher in music at UDELAR, Uruguay.

04/01/24
Ms. Mary Kathleen Galante, M.A.

Master's degree in Italian laguage and literatures

10/22/14
Dr. Graeme Garrard, Ph.D.

Fellow of the Royal Historical Society (FRHistS), Senior Lecturer, School of European Studies, Cardiff University

11/14/11
Mrs. Merle K. Gatewood, M.A.

Associate Professor of French & English, Oklahoma Christian University

05/01/11
Dr. Michael Gendre, Ph.D.

Professor of Philosophy and Ethics, Middlesex Community College, Bedford, Massachusetts, translator into English of six books in French on German Philosophy

07/21/11
Mr. Marc Goldschmit

Philosopher, writer.

06/01/15
David Paul Gontar, Ph.D.

I find De Vere's "Bedingfield Letter" a perfect articulation of Shakespeare's philosophy, and suspect Oxford was Elizabeth's son.

07/06/09
Dr. Jonathon Grasse, Ph.D.

Professor of Music, California State University, Dominguez Hills

09/11/20
Rima Greenhill, Ph.D.

Senior Lecturer in Russian Language, Stanford University

12/18/07
Ms. Deborah Sue Greenspan, M.A.

11/06/13
Ms. Jeannine Annette Grizzard, M.A.

M.A., Renaissance Drama, University of Warwick; M.A., Philosophy, Georgia State University; current Artistic Director, Ashland Contemporary Theatre, OR

02/17/12
Dr. Michael E. Habicht, D. Phil.

Senior Research Fellow, University of Flinders, Adelaide SA Australia

07/19/21
Mr. Will Christy Harris

09/09/07
Joan Loyd Hernandez, Ph.D.

I'm a retired university professor of Spanish and French, and believe that the Shakespeare authorship debate should be open for discussion in academic settings.

07/23/18
Gisela Ellen Horvath

Very interesting discussion. I agree that there is room for reasonable doubt about the identity of W.S.

05/13/11
Dan L. Inman, Ph.D.

I have carefully studied the topic for more than 20 years and am convinced that the author was not the Stratford Man but Edward de Vere.

11/18/18
Mrs. Sherry L. Jordan

LCC International University

05/01/11
Prof. Jürg Kesselring, M.D.

Head of Department of Neurology Emeritus, Valens, Switzerland

11/29/22
Mr. Michael J. Kleindl, M.A.

Senior Lecturer at International Christian University. Writing teacher and poet for 30 years.

04/28/16
Mr. Jon Korvald

The work of Norwegian Petter Amundsen got me intereseted.

05/02/11
James de Balliol-Cavendish of Buittle

Publisher, historian, clergyman

05/08/21
Mrs. Sandra de Oliveira

Norge

08/19/13

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