List of academic signatories by field
Current and former faculty: 936 verified.
| Name, listed by field | Position and affiliation, or personal comment | Date signed |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| Dr. Michael J. Langford, Ph.D. | Professor emeritus (retired), philosophy and medical ethics, Memorial University of Newfoundland; lecturer, Cambridge University; author, "The De Vere Papers" |
10/31/08 |
| Dr. Stephen J. Matthews, Ph.D. | Associate Professor in Linguistics, University of Hong Kong. |
02/12/09 |
| Antonino Mazza, M.A. | Poet. Only a "migratory sensibility" might account for the trans-individual nature of Shakespeare’s Latinized opus. |
09/10/07 |
| Prof. Julius McCarter, Ph.D. | 01/29/11 | |
| Mr. Mark McEwen | Boston Symphony Orchestra |
05/20/15 |
| Joseph Medranus, Ph.D. | 08/06/08 | |
| James de Balliol-Cavendish of Buittle | Publisher, historian, clergyman |
05/08/21 |
| Mrs. Sandra de Oliveira | Norge |
08/19/13 |