List of academic signatories by field

Current and former faculty: 921 verified.

Name, listed by field Position and affiliation, or personal comment Date signed
Social Sciences
Dr. Nathan Willett Pino, Ph.D.

Professor of Sociology, Texas State University

04/05/13
Dr. Judith Pintar, Ph.D.

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

10/06/13
Mrs. Kimberly Lynn Reynolds, M.A.

Instructor in Communication Studies at California State University, Sacramento

06/16/10
Dr. Alan R. Rogers, Ph.D.

Professor Emeritus, University of Utah

08/02/23
Marvin Rosenberg, M.S.W.

04/23/08
Robert E Schlenker, Ph.D.

The evidence to doubt Shakespeare's identity appears overwhelming.

04/30/07
Dr. Alexander Schulenburg, Ph.D.

Senior Historical Research Officer, City of London Corp.; FRHistS; long-held assumptions can succumb to reasoned evaluations of contextual historical evidence

10/08/13
Mr. Steffen Ask Sleire

08/16/13
Ms. Sarah Frances Smith, M.A.

Associate Professor, Sociology and Anthropology, Delta College

07/07/19
Ms. Laura Swartz, Ph.D.

02/12/18
Orit Tamir, Ph.D.

Professor of Anthropology, New Mexico Highlands Univeristy

05/17/07
Prof. John Henry Tarini, Ph.D.

09/09/07
Dr. John William Tate, Ph.D.

Senior Lecturer in Politics, University of Newcastle, Australia

06/24/24
Dr. Michael Tawanda, Ph.D.

06/06/16
Prof. Denny Taylor, Ed.D.

Professor Emeritus, Literacy Studies, Founder Garn Press

05/18/17
Prof. Hugh A. Thomas, Ph.D.

09/09/07
Mr. Sinan Toprak, M.A.

11/10/24
Dr. Ryan W. True, D. Phil.

English/World History Educator, Wentworth College

03/26/20
David Evans White, Ph.D.

Professor Emeritus of Natural Resource Economics, West Virgina University

04/27/09
Theatre Arts
Prof. Thorvald Aagaard, M.F.A.

Dirctor of Theater, Pacific Union College

06/16/13
Aaron Adair, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor of Theatre/Honors Faculty, Southeastern Oklahoma State University

06/03/08
David Alberts, Ph.D.

Educator, author, director, and actor.

05/10/20
Prof. Gary Anderson, Ph.D.

08/30/24
Mr. Ted Bacino, M.S.

Author of the historical novel "XTOFER -- The Shakespeare-Marlowe Conspiracy" (TBacino@AOL.com)

04/22/09
Mr. James A Baffico, Ph.D.

09/14/07
Renée M. Baillargeon, M.A.

Equity Actor/Director/Choreographer

01/05/11
Donald Henry Bennett, M.F.A.

11/10/11
Johanna Maria Binner

Student; writing my final thesis about the Authorship Question

11/22/10
Dr. Lauren D. Breach I, J.D.

Esteemed fellow

04/22/09
Ms. Amanda Brend, M.A.

Thank you so much for raising this-it makes total sense. How exciting!

05/02/16
Mrs. Helena Brodin Friberg

Swedish actress of The Royal Dramatic Theatre of Stockholm; appeared in more than 40 films and television shows, 1960 - 2000; co-author, “Täcknamn Shakespeare”

10/20/07
Mr. Raymond H. Caldwell, M.A.

Founder/Producing Director, Texas Shakespeare Festival

08/27/11
Ms. Tracy Leigh Campbell

Theatre Instructor, John Abbott College, Quebec, Canada

01/12/18
Dr. Thomas F. Canfield, Ph.D.

Dramaturg and Professor of English and Humanities

09/22/10
Mr. Benjamin Alberto Castro-Ruiz, M. Phil.

Drama teacher and actor at the University of La Rioja

09/28/22
Ms. Eileen Connolly, M.F.A.

Faculty, Voice & Shakespeare Performance, New York Conservatory for Dramatic Arts

01/26/22
Alex Cox, M.A.

Film Director, Actor & Screenwriter

09/12/07
Mr. Howard Charles Dando, M.A.

Broadway Producer and Director; Founder and Director of Stars of American Ballet; Producer and Director, PBS and ABC Arts; Artistic Director, New World Festival

04/23/09
Amber Davis

Maryland

12/01/15
Mr. Ron Song Destro, M.F.A.

Kennedy Center Award-winning playwright. Artistic Director, Oxford Shakespeare Company. Former university professor. Academic Fields both theatre & English lit.

05/20/18
Prof. Anne M. Diehl, M.F.A.

Member of Actors Equity Association, Adjunct Professor, The Ohio State University, Acting Instructor

06/28/16
Mr. Ashley Samuel Dooley Martyn

Theatrical Profession

07/19/18
Prof. Kevin Doyle, M.F.A.

Professor Emeritus, Theatre, Utah State University

05/08/14
Mr. Christopher DuVal, M.F.A.

Assistant Professor of Theatre, University of Idaho

04/07/09
Mr. Robert Jackson Erwin, M.F.A.

Professor of Theatre, Eastfield College

09/09/07
Mr. William Dean Fears

Oklahoma

02/01/17
Prof. James Fisher, M.F.A.

Head, Department of Theatre, University of North Carolina at Greensboro

09/22/10
Richard France, Ph.D.

Playwright, Film/Drama critic, Author of “Orson Welles on Shakespeare,” the Choice Award-winning “The Theater of Orson Welles,” “Obediently Yours, Orson Welles”

08/13/17
Ms. Barbara Friedkin

Co-author of award-winning musical "Breakfast in Marin," and uncredited writer on several high profile screenplays.

09/09/07
Mr. Joseph D. Frost, M.F.A.

12/20/10

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