Dr. Dorothy Todd

Assistant Professor

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Biography

Dr. Todd specializes in early modern English drama and has research and teaching interests in Shakespeare, material culture, book history, bibliography, adaptation, and appropriation. She is currently editing Thomas Heywood’s Londini Status Pacatus: London’s Peaceable Estate (1639 text) and her book project focuses on Shakespeare’s plays, foregrounding changing understandings of time and temporality during the late sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries. Dr. Todd's educational background includes a Ph.D. from the University of Georgia, awarded in 2017, and a B.A. from Washington Lee University in 2010. Her selected publications include contributions to works such as "Shakespearean Death Arts: Hamlet Tombs," where she discusses funereal rituals in Pericles, and examines service learning in Shakespeare community partnerships in her article "Oh Learning, Thing Is!" published in Rough Magic in December 2016.

Research Interests

Requirements for Texas A&M University

Doctorate Program
Requirements
GPA Requirement
Required:3
GRE General
TOEFL
Total
Required:80
Prerequisites
Baccalaureate degree Baccalaureate degree in Communication or related field preferred
Application Checklist
  • Curriculum Vita
  • Statement of Purpose (500-750 words)
  • Writing Sample (up to 10,000 words)
  • Three Letters of Recommendation
  • Unofficial Transcripts
  • GraduateCAS Application
Specialization Notes

Department: Department of Communication and Journalism. Ph.D. program only currently admitting. GRE is test-optional.