List of academic signatories by field

Current and former faculty: 900 verified.

Name, listed by field Position and affiliation, or personal comment Date signed
English Literature
Mrs. Rosemarie Dwyer, M.A.

It is probable that someone other than Shakespeare wrote the works attributed to him

03/15/11
Dr. David B. Eakin, Ph.D.

Collegiate Professor, University of Maryland University College, Asian Division

06/23/10
Prof. Alice Knox Eaton, Ph.D.

09/25/11
Richard B. Eckhaus, M.S.

Writer, College Professor, Humanitas Prize nominee

09/11/17
Miss Rachel Edge

04/24/15
Dr. Michael E. Egan, Ph.D.

Author/Editor of The Tragedy of Richard II, Part One: A Newly Authenticated Play by William Shakespeare

03/03/08
Prof. Henrik Eger, Ph.D.

Editor: DramaAroundTheGlobe.com; Producer-director: Multilingual Shakespeare, London; Retired English professor; German Translator, MLK’s Nobel Peace Prize mail

05/11/16
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
Brad Robert Engelstein, M. Phil.

High School English teacher

05/15/21
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
Mrs. Erin Lynne Frick, M.A.

M.A. English Literature

10/19/20
Prof. J. E. Fure, M.A.

04/21/09
Ms. Rosa M. Gane, M.A.

07/19/20
Mrs. Joyce Gatta, M.Ed.

Author of "In Hugger-Mugger: Dark Secrets and Forbidden Love in Renaissance England"

05/11/21
Dr. Sara Maria Gerard, Ph.D.

PhD Clinical Psychologist, MA French Lit, BA (Hons) Comparative Literature

08/18/21
Dr. John Stephen Gill, Ph.D.

Formerly Director of Drama and Head of English at Merchant Taylors’ School, Crosby, Liverpool

01/05/23
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.

Writing Teacher, UC Davis/Sacramento City College

01/19/10
Lenore M. Hess, M.B.A.

07/15/16
Sharon R. Hilliard, Ph.D.

05/23/11
Dr. Marion C. Hodge, Ph.D.

Former Professor of English, High Point University, High Point, North Carolina USA

05/13/21
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
Dr. Sally Laura Hyman, Ph.D.

Ph.D. in English Literature, New York University

04/29/19
Mr. Francisco José Ibáñez

English and Spanish philologist.

11/17/19
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
Prof. Patricia Keeney, M.A.

Department of English, York University, Toronto

11/23/20
William C. Keep, Ph.D.

retired

07/14/13
Mr. Scott Joseph Kieserman, J.D.

M.A. Comparative Literature

08/15/17
Prof. Katerina Kitsi-Mitakou, Ph.D.

Professor, English Literature and Culture and Gender Studies, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece; General Editor, European Journal of English Studies

02/12/23
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
Mr. Carmen Joseph Latona

Pennsylvania

11/26/19
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

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