 Associate Professor of Literature and Film Studies
Phone Number:
(951) 343-4327
Email Address:
mcroteau@calbaptist.edu
Office Location:
W. E. James Building, Room 259
Office Hours:
By Appointment
Education/Degrees Earned:
Ph.D.
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English and Film Studies
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Claremont Graduate University
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2005
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M.A.
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Shakespeare Studies
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Shakespeare Institute - University of Birmingham (UK)
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1994
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B.A.
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English and Theology
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Biola University
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1992
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Classes Taught:
Literature & Film
World Literature
Renaissance Literature & Culture
Humanities
Shakespeare on Film
Drama
Images of Business in Literature & Film
Short Story
Women Writers/Women's Voices
Introduction to Literature
Shakespeare
Researched Writing
World Cinema
Freshman Composition
British Literature Survey I & II
Transitional English
American Literature Survey I & II
Grammar
Research, Presentations and Publications:
PUBLICATIONS
Editor of Reel Histories: Studies in American Film. Los Angeles: Press Americana, 2008.
Forthcoming Edited Volume (under contract):
Apocalyptic Shakespeares: Revelations, Endings, and Beyond in Bardic Cinema [working title]. Co-editor Carolyn Jess-Cooke. Jefferson, NC: McFarland, 2008.
Forthcoming: "London Burning: Remembering Guy Fawkes and 17th Century Conflict in V for Vendetta," in An Age for All Time: The English Renaissance In and Beyond Popular Shakespeare. Ed. Gregory Semenza. New York: Palgrave, [late] 2008.
"Aki Kaurismäki's Hamlet Goes Business: A Socialist Shakespearean Film Noir Comedy," in Shakespeare's World/World Shakespeares: The Selected Proceedings of the VIII World Shakespeare Congress Brisbane 2006. Ed. Richard Fotheringham and Christa Jansohn. Newark, DE: University of Delaware Press, 2008.
"Kat and Bianca Avenged: Or, Things to Love About 10 Things I Hate About You," in Americana: Readings in Popular Culture. Ed. Leslie Wilson. Los Angeles: Press Americana, 2006.
"Looking Through Richard: Al Pacino and His Call to Shakespeare." Americana: The Journal of American Popular Culture. Dec. 2001. Online. <www.americanpopularculture.com>. Editor-in-Chief Leslie Wilson, Ph.D.
PRESENTATIONS
“Hamlets of Hope: Shakespeare and the Search for Meaning in Branagh’s A Midwinter’s Tale.” Association of Literature on Screen Studies Annual Conference. September 20-22, 2007.
"London Burning: Remembering Guy Fawkes and 17th Century Conflict in V for Vendetta." Shakespeare Association of America Annual Meeting. San Diego, CA. April 5-7, 2007.
"Aki Kaurismäki's Hamlet Goes Business: A Socialist Shakespearean Film Noir Comedy." VIII World Shakespeare Congress, Brisbane, Australia. July 16-21, 2006.
“Playing with the Broken Glass: The Staging of Mirrors in Almereyda’s Hamlet (2000).” Shakespeare Association of America Annual Meeting. Philadelphia, PA. April 13-15, 2006.
“Discourses of the Apocalypse in Shakespearean Film.” Southwest/Texas Popular Culture Association/American Culture Association Annual Conference. Albuquerque, NM. February 8-11, 2006. (Also chaired panel entitled Apocalyptic Shakespeare Films.)
“Celluloid Revelations: Millennial Culture and Dialogic ‘Pastiche’ in Michael Almereyda’s Hamlet (2000).” Shakespeare Association of America Annual Meeting. New Orleans, LA. April 8-10, 2004.
“Shakespeare Soup for the Soul: or Shakespeare, It Does a Body Good.” Popular Culture Association/American Culture Association Annual Conference. New Orleans, LA. April 16-19, 2003.
“Shakespeare and Popular Culture: Selling the Bard to Teens and Other Culture-phobes.” Shakespeare Club of Pomona Valley. Pomona, CA. October 14, 2002.
“The Other Side of Evil: The Radical Re-vision of King Lear in Jane Smiley’s A Thousand Acres.” Rocky Mountain Medieval and Renaissance Association Annual Conference. Las Vegas, NV. May 23-25, 2002.
“Bianca’s Revenge, or Things to Love About 10 Things I Hate About You.” Popular Culture Association/American Culture Association Annual Conference. Philadelphia, PA. April 11-14, 2001.
"He's Got the Look: Surveillance and Self in Hitchcock's Rear Window." Popular Culture Association/American Culture Association Annual Conference. New Orleans, LA. April 19-22, 2000.
"Looking Through Richard: Al Pacino and His Call to Shakespeare." Popular Culture Association/ American Culture Association Annual Conference. San Diego, CA. March 31-April 3, 1999.
"Containing Cold (War) Narratives." MLA Annual Conference. San Francisco, CA. December 27-30, 1998.
"'Tongue-tied Our Queen?': Woman's Speech and Subjectivity in The Winter's Tale." Sixteenth Century Studies Annual Conference. Atlanta, GA. October 23-26, 1997.
AWARDS & HONORS
National Endowment for the Humanities Institute Fellow, India: Past and Present, July 2008
Claremont Graduate University Dissertation Grant, 2001-2002
Who's Who Among America's Teachers (listed in 6th edition), 2000
Graduate Student Travel Award, Claremont Graduate School, 1997-98, 1998-99, 2000-2001, 2004
Rockwell Fellowship, Claremont Graduate School, 1996-97
National Dean's List & Biola University Dean's List, 1989-92
ASSOCIATIONS & COMMITTEES
Board of Directors, Americana: The Institute for the Study of American Popular Culture
Advisory Board, Americana: The Journal of American Popular Culture, <www.americanpopularculture.com>
Faculty Policies & Development Committee, Geneva College, 2006-07
Student/Faculty Consultative Committee, The Shakespeare Institute, University of Birmingham, 1993-94
Modern Language Association
Shakespeare Association of America
Association of Literature on Screen
Popular Culture Association
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