Matthew Kendrick

Professor • Department of Language, Lit, Culture, and Writing

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Matt Kendrick's areas of expertise include early modern literature, especially the drama of Shakespeare and his contemporaries, as well as rhetorical theory, composition pedagogy, writing centers, cultural studies, critical theory, and instructional design technology and digital learning.

Professor Kendrick is the Director of the Writing Center and the Assessment Coordinator for the English Department.

Degrees

PhD , University of Pittsburgh ,

MA , University of Rochester ,

BA , University of New Hampshire ,

Certificate, eLearning Instructional Design, University of California, Irvine ,

Specialization

Shakespeare, early modern literature, rhetoric and composition, cultural studies, digital learning

Licenses and Certifications

10/31/2021
Quality Assurance Certificate, Instruction & Research Technology Center for Teaching with Technology, William Paterson University Local

Representative Publications

At Work in the Early Modern English Theater: Valuing Labor ; Fairleigh Dickinson University Press; 2015

“‘So strange in quality:’ Perception, Realism, and Commodification in The Roaring Girl” ; , Criticism; Volume 60, 2018

"Imagetext in The Winter's Tale"; Textual Practice; Volume 29, 2015

“Neostoicism and the Economics of Revenge in Cyril Tourneur’s The Atheist’s Tragedy”; College Literature; Volume 41, 2014

“The Politics and Poetics of Embodiment in Gerrard Winstanley’s Digger Writings”; Clio; Volume 42, 2014

Notable Courses Taught

ENG 4110: Shakespeare: Comedy/History
ENG 4120: Shakespeare: Tragedy/Romance
ENG 3010: English Literature Through the Neoclassical Period
ENG 2220: Literature and Popular Culture
ENG 2040: Introduction to Rhetoric and Writing
ENG 2070: Effective Business Writing
ENG 3600: Digital Writing and Editing
ENG 2000: Introduction to Literary Analysis

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