Interests and Information
Early modern literature and culture
History of the body
Ethnography and the construction of race
British historiography
Ph.D., University of North Carolina at Chapel
Hill, 1996
M.A., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1989
B.A., University of Virginia, 1986
floydwil@email.unc.edu
Mary Floyd-Wilson
Education:
Ph. D. August 1996 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
MA 1989 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, English
BA 1986 University of Virginia, English,
Professional Experience:
Director of Graduate Studies, Department of English, UNC-CH, 2006-
Associate Professor of English Literature, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2004-
Assistant Professor of English Literature, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2002-2004
Assistant Professor of English Literature, Yale University, 1996-2002
Bibliography:
Books:
Environment and Embodiment in Early Modern England. Essay Collection. Co-editor with Garrett Sullivan. (in press with Palgrave Macmillan)
Renaissance Drama, special issue, Volume 35 (2006) “Embodiment and Environment in Early Modern Drama and Performance.” Guest Co-editor with Garrett Sullivan.
Reading the Early Modern Passions: A Cultural History of Emotion. Essay collection. Co-editor with Gail Kern Paster and Katherine Rowe (University of Pennsylvania Press, 2004).
English Ethnicity and Race in Early Modern Drama. Book. (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2003). (Paperback edition, 2006).
Recent Articles
“English Epicures and Scottish Witches.” Shakespeare Quarterly 57.2 (Summer 2006).
“Moors, Race, and the Study of English Renaissance Literature: A Brief Retrospective.” Literature Compass Vol. 3 (June 2006) (an online journal published by Blackwell: http://www.literature-compass.com/ ).
Work in Progress:
Preternatural Passions: The Magic of Emotion on the Shakespearean Stage (working title of book project).
Selected Honors:
Tanner Faculty Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching, 2006
Spray-Randleigh Fellowship, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2004-2005
Alternate for ACLS/Andrew W. Mellon Fellowship for Junior Faculty for 2004-05
Faculty Fellow, Institute of Arts and Humanities, Fall 2004