List of academic signatories by field

Current and former faculty: 920 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

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