List of academic signatories by field
Current and former faculty: 921 verified.
| Name, listed by field | Position and affiliation, or personal comment | Date signed |
|---|---|---|
| English Literature | ||
| Dr. Jeffery W. Donaldson, Ph.D. | Professor, Dept. of English, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada; Poet and Author of “Slack Action” (2013), “Echo Soundings” (2014), “Missing Link” (201 |
04/27/16 |
| Ms. Pat Doran, M.S.W. | Published writer as a child; graduate student in English Literature with BA in English Lit.; switched to social work for masters |
07/13/14 |
| Paul Wilson Dowell, Ph.D. | 09/09/07 | |
| Ren Draya, Ph.D. | Professor of British and American Literature, Blackburn College, Carlinville, Illinois |
04/07/07 |
| Mr. Jeffrey Aaron Dreiwitz, M.A. | Collin College, Texas |
07/16/24 |
| 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 |
| Dr. M. Virginia Evans, Ph.D. | 08/31/24 | |
| 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 |
| Dr. Kevin Kiely, Ph.D. | Poet, Critic, Novelist; M.Phil.; Ph.D. in American Poetry; Fulbright Scholar; Professor, Boise State U, Idaho; Hon Writing Fellow, Iowa U; numerous other awards |
07/03/24 |
| 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 |