List of academic signatories by field
Current and former faculty: 952 verified.
| Name, listed by field | Position and affiliation, or personal comment | Date signed |
|---|---|---|
| Other Humanities | ||
| 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 | |
| Myrna Shirley Michell, M.A. | 11/22/17 | |
| Dr. Marie-José Minassian, D. Phil. | No trace of Ilya Gililov's book (2001)? |
05/17/16 |
| Mr. Malik Mubashshir, M.A. | 04/28/18 | |
| Mrs. Donna J. Ohlson, M.A. | 07/21/09 | |
| Prof. Claude Pavur, Ph.D. | Veteran academic / author. It matters for interpretation: an insider writing about what he knew intimately or an outsider guessing at what it must be like? |
05/13/17 |
| Prof. Claudio Pierantoni, Ph.D. | Professor of Latin and Italian Literature, Universidad de los Andes, Santiago de Chile |
06/19/18 |
| Dr. Jordi Pigem | Writer and critic |
06/18/08 |
| Dr. Matthew Pires | Lecturer in English, University of Franche-Comté, France |
02/08/12 |
| Mr. Alan Ponikvar, Ph.D. | 09/07/17 | |
| Dr. Eryl Price-Davies | Former Head of Co Curricular Studies, Imperial College London |
03/18/16 |
| Mr. John K. Probst, M.A. | Professor Emeritus |
05/28/16 |
| Joëlle Proust, Ph.D. | Director of Research, Institut Jean-Nicod, Ecole Normale Supérieure in Paris |
09/11/17 |
| Dr. Ziggy Quinete, Ph.D. | I do not believe there's enough evidence to conclude who is the author of these plays and sonnets. |
01/08/13 |
| Dr. Ernest Rehder, Ph.D. | 01/17/09 | |
| Mr. Matthew Ripley, M. Phil. | Fascinatingly dubious. |
02/27/17 |
| Dr. Richard Ritter von Weber-Hahnsberg, Ph.D. | Latin and Greek Master, the Highlands School |
09/09/07 |
| Mr. David Lea Robbins, J.D. | Author of 15 novels and 4 plays; Writer in Residence, College of William & Mary, 2007-2009; Visiting Professor, Virginia Commonwealth University, 2010-present |
08/16/19 |
| Theresa Rodriguez | M.M., author, "Jesus and Eros: Sonnets, Poems and Songs" |
04/27/16 |
| Dr. Kelley L. Ross, Ph.D. | Retired, Dept of Philosophy, Los Angeles Valley College, Publisher, The Proceedings of the Friesian School philosophy website. |
10/21/21 |
| Christine Tsutsui Saldana | 17th Earl of Oxford, Edward De Vere; a poet and playwrite for the ages |
02/26/21 |
| Mr. Robert J. Sauerbrey, M.A. | Teacher of HS English for 40 yrs. and college theology for 20 years |
10/20/17 |
| Nichole Sharpe, M.A. | WA |
12/07/21 |
| Mr. David Malcolm Shein, M.A. | Monroe Community College & The Rochester Institute of Technology |
04/01/11 |
| David A. Shepherd, Ph.D. | German teacher, actor, writer, musician, and linguist |
04/25/07 |
| Ronald Smith, M.A. | Professor of English at 3 community colleges and 1 university |
06/05/23 |
| Jean Stearns | Twenty years of reading about this have convinced me that the author wasn't the Stratford man and was probably De Vere (Oxford). |
02/01/15 |
| Howard M. Swartz, D. Phil. | My father introduced me to the authorship question many years ago, and ever since I've been fascinated with the issue. I think Edward De Vere wrote the plays. |
09/09/07 |
| Lamberto Tassinari | Former Italian literature professor-Université de Montréal-Author- www.johnflorio-is shakespeare |
11/03/08 |
| Dr. Kirk Templeton, Ph.D. | Author |
10/27/21 |
| Ms. Ana Traversa, M.A. | A collaborative hypothesis is both intellectually and historically more satisfying than any single-author hypothesis. It also places the text above authorship. |
07/24/11 |
| Mr. Terje Tønnessen | Editor, publisher, Kulturforlaget BRAK |
04/18/16 |
| Dr. Elisabeth Pearson Waugaman, Ph.D. | Recipient of the Alberto Santos-Dumont medal for "Follow Your Dreams: The Story of Alberto Santos-Dumont." |
05/21/07 |
| Ms. Sarah Weinstein, M. Phil. | 09/02/17 | |
| Dr. Don Whittemore | 04/23/16 | |
| Prof. Philip F. Williams, Ph.D. | Montana State University |
03/11/15 |
