Professor of English
434.544.8535
bates.r@lynchburg.edu
Carnegie Hall 234
Dr. Bates joined the University of Lynchburg in 2008.
Education
- PhD, English – Auburn University, 2005
- MEd, English – Georgia Southwestern State University
- BA Theatre Arts – Appalachian State University
Courses Taught
- Shakespeare 1 and 2
- Literature of the Tudor Dynasty
- The Golden Age
- Literary Criticism
- Literature and Culture
- Composition
Research Interests
- Shakespeare and Early Modern English Literature
- Irish Studies
- Material Culture, Post-colonial/Transnational Studies, Environmental/Place Studies
- Religion and politics in literature
- Textual Scholarship
