List of academic signatories by field
Current and former faculty: 700 verified.
| Name, listed by field | Position and affiliation, or personal comment | Date signed |
|---|---|---|
| English Literature | ||
| Mr. Muhammad Elsaffani | I support this coalition. I've always wondered why there's little or no documented evidence that Shakespeare is the author of his works. |
09/09/07 |
| Mr. R. Scott Evans, M.A. | Full-time Instructor of Writing, University of the Pacific; editor, the Blue Moon Literary & Art Review; author of "First Folio: A Literary Mystery" |
11/12/09 |
| Dr. Randall Fallows, Ph.D. | Lecturer, UCLA |
10/27/13 |
| Prof. J. E. Fure, M.A. | 04/21/09 | |
| Ms. Bela Gligorova, D. Phil. | 05/06/18 | |
| Dr. Helen Heightsman Gordon, Ed.D. | Professor Emeritus, Bakersfield College, author of book "The Secret Love Story in Shakespeare's Sonnets" |
06/29/07 |
| Dr. Michael Barry Greer, Ph.D. | 02/20/09 | |
| Shawn E. Hamilton, M.F.A. | M.A. in English Literature; college teacher; Baconian |
01/19/10 |
| Lenore M. Hess, M.B.A. | 07/15/16 | |
| Sharon R. Hilliard, Ph.D. | 05/23/11 | |
| Warren T Hope, Ph.D. | Visiting Assistant Professor of English, University of the Sciences in Philadelphia |
04/04/07 |
| Dr. Raymond Thom Hunter, Ph.D. | Independent Researcher |
04/20/07 |
| Michael W. Hyde, Ph.D. | Former researcher and sub-editor of the Wellesley Index to Victorian Periodicals; working with Walter and Esther Houghton on 19th C. British authorship issues |
12/28/09 |
| Joseph D. Iverson, M.A. | I have more than doubt about the identity of Shakespeare. I am convinced that Edward de Vere was Shakespeare. |
08/09/09 |
| Kent Johnson, Ph.D. | Instructor of English and Spanish, Highland Community College, Freeport, Illinois |
06/01/10 |
| Ms. E. M. Jolly, B. A. | 08/29/07 | |
| Mr. Evan Owen Jones, M.Sc. | Educator |
03/01/13 |
| Dr. Louise Conley Jones, Ph.D. | I am a Marlowe scholar and taught and directed "Shakespeare" for over three decades. |
03/27/12 |
| Glenn Joshua, M.F.A. | Assistant Professor of English, Elgin Community College |
01/01/16 |
| Prof. Cynthia Lee Katona | Professor of Shakespeare, Ohlone College. We have believers in the authorship question to thank for some of the closest readings of the works. |
09/10/07 |
| Ms. Tamara M. Kaupp, M.A. | 09/09/07 | |
| Donald A Keal, M.A. | Former Assistant Professor of English, United States Air Force Academy |
04/22/09 |
| William C. Keep, Ph.D. | retired |
07/14/13 |
| Mr. Scott Joseph Kieserman, J.D. | M.A. Comparative Literature |
08/15/17 |
| Prof. Kathryn Leslie Kramer, M.F.A. | Film Director |
07/01/10 |
| Mr. Sergio Nicholas Lalli, M.A. | Newspaperman, reporter, editor, college teacher, author: "Man of Honor" |
03/13/10 |
| Mr. Frank Landsman, M.A. | Academic advisor in the Foreign Language Section at Parahyangan Catholic University, Bandung, West Java, Indonesia |
05/13/17 |
| Dr. William Leahy, Ph.D. | Head of English, Brunel University, West London, U.K. |
04/07/07 |
| Dr. Christopher Lee, Ph.D. | University of Western Ontario |
08/05/16 |
| Dr. Robert Alan Liftig, Ed.D. | Adjunct Professor, Fairfield University |
09/09/07 |
| Linda Lipkin, M.A. | Director of Curriculum, Assessment and Placement, Social Justice Academy High School, Boston, MA |
09/09/07 |
| Ms. Samantha Martin, M.A. | English Literature degree. I have always considered his ascription ludicrous. |
08/28/08 |
| Linda N. Mashburn, M.A. | M.A. in English Literature, writer, editor, and former English professor |
09/27/13 |
| Ms. Jennifer Matesa, M.F.A. | I am a writer of four books, and I have always found it incredible that the Stratford man with the mediocre education crafted the plays and sonnets. |
08/07/17 |
| Ms. Nicole Matthiesen, M.A. | 09/10/07 | |
| Ms. Michelle Sue Maycock, M.A. | English Instructor, Virginia Tech, also former bookseller and publishers' representative. |
11/10/11 |
| Mr. Michael M. Mesnard, M.A. | Associate Professor of English, Lincoln, Nebraska |
12/07/16 |
| Mr. Joseph W. Miller, M.A. | Lecturer in Film, University of Maryland |
04/27/16 |
| Darby K. Mitchell, M.A. | Author of "'And thereby hangs a tail'--the Memoirs of an Arse Poetica", English professor, creative writer, student of Marlowe-Shakespeare imagery. |
09/10/07 |
| Jane M. Mushinsky, M.A. | Professor, MiraCosta College Letters Department |
09/05/07 |
| Dr. George Howard Nilsen, Ph.D. | 09/09/07 | |
| Mr. Nicholas Martin Nolan, M.A. | English Literature teacher |
07/01/13 |
| Mr. David O'Connor | An apathetic disregard for knowledge, no matter how inconsequential one may deem that knowledge to be, is little more than conscious ignorance. |
09/09/07 |
| Mr. Charles Brent Oliver, M.A. | 04/26/16 | |
| Paula Orlando, M.F.A. | Anyone who seriously researches the issue & approaches it with an open mind and intellectual honesty will see that there is more than reasonable doubt. |
04/26/07 |
| Ms. Pamela Lynn Palmer, M.A. | Author of "Eclipse of the Sun: A Play in Two Acts," based on Edward de Vere as the "very" author of the works attributed to William Shakespeare. |
09/11/07 |
| Nic Panagopoulos, Ph.D. | Assistant Professor of English Literature & Culture, University of Athens, Greece |
05/23/14 |
| Mr. Roger Nyle Parisious | Distinguished Alumnus, Ashland University |
04/24/07 |
| Ann Pasternak Slater, Ph.D. | Former Fellow, St. Anne's College, Oxford; author, “Shakespeare the Director”; daughter of Eliot Slater, granddaughter of Gilbert Slater, also notable doubters |
11/03/14 |
| Miss Maja Evanger Pedersen | 08/19/13 | |