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Jeffrey S. Doty

Associate Professor

University of North Texas

Department of English

Email: Jeffrey.Doty@unt.edu

Education

  • PhD, University of Iowa, 2008
    Major: English
    Specialization: English Literature
    Dissertation: Popularity and Publicity in Early Modern England
  • MA, University of North Texas, 2002
    Major: English Literature
  • BA, Tarleton State University, 2000
    Major: English Literature

Professional Positions

    Academic - Post-Secondary

  • Assistant Professor, University of North Texas. University of North Texas. (2016 - 2019).
  • Associate Professor, West Texas A&M University. West Texas A&M University. (2009 - 2016).

    • Professional

  • Associate Professor, University of North Texas. University of North Texas. (2019 - Present).

Licensures and Certifications

  • Certificate in Effective Teaching Practice Framework, The Association of College and University Educators and the American Council on Education. (2024 - Present).

Professional Memberships

  • Renaissance Society of America. (June 2017 - Present).
  • Modern Language Association. (2009 - Present).
  • Shakespeare Association of America. (2007 - Present).

Development Activities

  • Seminar, "Shakespeare's Virtues: Ethic, Entertainment, and Education", The Folger Institute at the Folger Shakespeare Library. Washington, DC,United States of America. (November 3, 2017 - November 4, 2017).
  • Workshop, Ayanna Thompson Master Class on Teaching Race in Literature Classes, Medieval and Renaissance Colloquium. United States of America. (October 4, 2017 - October 4, 2017).
  • Workshop, Professional Development Lecture: Krista Ratcliffe, "Rhetorical Listening and Cultural Logics", UNT First-Year Writing Program. United States of America. (September 25, 2017 - September 25, 2017).
  • Workshop, Professional Development Workshop: Carol Anderson on Teaching Race, UNT English First-Year Writing Program. United States of America. (August 17, 2017 - August 17, 2017).

Teaching

Teaching Experience

    University of North Texas

  • ENGL 4430 - Shakespeare, 10 courses.
  • ENGL 4432 - Studies in Renaissance Literature, 1 course.
  • ENGL 4440 - Milton, 6 courses.
  • ENGL 4450 - Special Studies in a Single or Dual Author(s), 1 course.
  • ENGL 4620 - Studies in Literature and Film, 2 courses.
  • ENGL 4900 - Special Problems, 1 course.
  • ENGL 5400 - Studies in Shakespeare, 5 courses.
  • ENGL 5410 - Studies in the British Renaissance, 7 courses.
  • ENGL 5560 - Studies in the Teaching of Literature, 1 course.
  • ENGL 5600 - Studies in European Literature and Culture, 2 courses.
  • ENGL 5900 - Special Problems, 1 course.
  • ENGL 6941 - Directed Research, 4 courses.
  • ENGL 6950 - Doctoral Dissertation, 7 courses.

Directed Student Learning

  • Dissertation Committee Chair, English. (August 2022).
  • Dissertation Committee Member, English. (August 2016).
  • Doctoral Comprehensive Exam Member or Grader, English. (August 2016 - May 2024).
  • Master's Thesis Committee Member, English. (October 2023).
  • Dissertation Committee Member, English. (August 2016 - September 2023).
  • Supervised Research, English. (August 2021 - May 2022).

Awards and Honors

  • Nominated for CLASS Advisory Board in Outstanding Graduate Teaching, CLASS Advisory Board. (November 2023).
  • Robert Stevens Award for Outstanding Departmental Service, Department of English. (April 2023).
  • UNT Teacher-Scholar Award, Research and Innovation (Office of the Provost). (April 21, 2022).
  • Preston Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching, UNT Department of English. (April 2020).

Research

Published Intellectual Contributions

    Book

  • Doty, J.S. (2017). Shakespeare, Popularity and the Public Sphere. 220. Cambridge, Cambridge University Press. http://www.cambridge.org/us/academic/subjects/literature/renaissance-and-early-modern-literature/shakespeare-popularity-and-public-sphere?format=HB

    • Book Chapter

  • Doty, J.S., Bloom, D. (2023). "Arete in King Lear". Shakespeare's Virtues: A Handbook. 21-27. Cambridge,
  • Doty, J.S., Gurnis, M. (2021). Local Celebrities On and Off Stage. Publicity and the Early Modern Stage: People Made Public. London, Palgrave Macmillan.
  • Doty, J.S., Fitter, C. (2017). "Experiences of Authority in The Tempest". Shakespeare and the Politics of Commoners: Digesting the New Social History. Oxford, Oxford University Press.

    • Book Review

  • Doty, J.S. (2019). PATRICK GRAY. Shakespeare and the Fall of the Roman Republic: Selfhood, Stoicism and Civil War. Review of English Studies. 70 (296) 768–770. Oxford UK, Oxford. https://academic.oup.com/res/article-abstract/70/296/768/5511729

    • Journal Article

  • Doty, J.S. (2023). "Network Form and Dramatic Form in Arden of Faversham". Renaissance Drama. 51 (1) 1-28.
  • Doty, J.S. (2022). Blood, Virtue, and Romance in 'Cymbeline'. Shakespeare Quarterly. 72 (3-4) 203-228. Oxford, UK, Oxford University Press. https://academic.oup.com/sq/article-abstract/72/3-4/203/6718109?redirectedFrom=fulltext
  • Doty, J.S. (2018). "Theatre Scene and Theatre Public in Early Modern London". Shakespeare (14) 12-25.
  • Doty, J.S. (2013). "Shakespeare and Popular Politics". Literature Compass. 10 (2) 162-174.
  • Doty, J.S. (2012). "Measure for Measure and the Problem of Popularity". English Literary Renaissance. 42 (1) 32-57.
  • Doty, J.S. (2010). "Shakespeare's Richard II, Popularity, and the Early Modern Public Sphere". 61 (2) 183-205.

    • Scholarly Note

  • Doty, J.S., Hunt, A. (2012). "Proulx’s Allusions to Shakespeare’s Richard II in The Shipping News". The Explicator. 70 1-4.

Presentations Given

    Keynote/Plenary Address

  • Doty, J.S. (Author & Presenter), South Central Renaissance Conference, "Laughter and Authority at the Court of Elizabeth I", Queen Elizabeth I Society, Lubbock, TX, United States of America. (2019 - 2019).

    • Panel Presentation

  • Doty, J.S. (Author), Renaissance Society of America, “Cymbeline, Publicity, and the Social Hierarchies of Romance.”, New Orleans, United States of America. (2018 - 2018).

    • Paper

  • Doty, J.S. (Author), Shakespeare Association of America, "The Source and End of Life in 'Coriolanus'", Shakespeare Association of America, Minneapolis, United States of America. (2023 - 2023).
  • Doty, J.S. (Author), Shakespeare Association of America, "Status and Networks in 'Arden of Faversham'", Remote meeting, United States of America. (2020).
  • Doty, J.S. (Author), Shakespeare Association of America, "Panhandle Shakespeare", Washington, D.C., United States of America. (2019 - 2019).
  • Doty, J.S. (Author), Shakespeare Association of America, "Reading Metatheater in Cymbeline", Atlanta, GA, United States of America. (2017 - 2017).
  • Doty, J.S. (Author), Modern Language Association, “Theatrical Form and Public Formation”, Austin, TX, United States of America. (2016 - 2016).
  • Doty, J.S. (Author), Shakespeare Association of America, "Political and Theatrical Popularity in the Second Tetralogy", St. Louis, MO, United States of America. (2014 - 2014).
  • Doty, J.S. (Author), Shakespeare Association of America, "Class, Compassion, and Politics in Shakespeare's Theater", Toronto, United States of America. (2013 - 2013).
  • Doty, J.S. (Author), Shakespeare Association of America, "Shakespeare and the Popular Appetite", Boston, MA, United States of America. (2012 - 2012).
  • Doty, J.S. (Author), Sixteenth-Century Society Conference, "Political Affect in Shakespeare's Richard II", Ft. Worth, TX, United States of America. (2011 - 2011).
  • Doty, J.S. (Author), Shakespeare Association of America, "Popularity in Shakespeare’s Theater: from Representation to Explication", Chicago, IL, United States of America. (2010 - 2010).
  • Doty, J.S. (Author), Shakespeare Association of America, "Shakespearean ‘Popularity’ and the Early Modern Public Sphere", Dallas, TX, United States of America. (2008 - 2008).
  • Doty, J.S. (Author), 42nd International Congress on Medieval Studies, "Renaissance Popularity: Statecraft and Civic Consciousness in Shakespeare’s Histories", Shakespeare at Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo, MI, United States of America. (2007 - 2007).
  • Doty, J.S. (Author), Shakespeare Association of America, "Thomas More’s Richard III and the Politics of Popularity", San Diego, CA, United States of America. (2007 - 2007).

    • Symposium

  • Doty, J.S. (Author), Symposium in Honor of Huston Diehl, "Thinking in Shakespeare’s Theater: Or, a Riff on a Note in Staging Reform, Reforming the Stage.", Department of English, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, United States of America. (2010).

Contracts, Grants, Sponsored Research

    Grant - Research

  • Doty, J.S., "Scholarly and Creative Activities Award," sponsored by College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences, University of North Texas, $4000 Funded. (2023 - 2023).

    • Grant - Service

  • Doty, J.S., "English/CLASS Small Grants," sponsored by English/CLASS, University of North Texas, $650 Funded. (2023 - 2023).

Service

University Service

  • Member, Medieval and Renaissance Colloquium. (September 2016 - Present).
  • Committee Member, Curriculum Committee. (September 2021 - December 2024).
  • Committee Chair, Visiting Lecturer Search Committee. (April 2024 - August 2024).
  • Other (Associate Chair), Department of English. (May 2021 - August 2024).
  • Committee Member, Executive Committee. (September 2021 - 2023).
  • Committee Chair, Lecturer Search Committee. (September 2022 - December 2022).
  • Committee Member, Integrative Studies Faculty Advisory Committee. (November 2019 - 2022).
  • Chairperson, Lecturer Job Search. (April 2021 - August 2021).
  • Chairperson, Game Studies B.A. Committee. (December 2019 - December 2020).
  • Co-Chair, First-Year Writing Advisory Committee (ad hoc). (September 2018 - August 2020).
  • Co-Chair, Director of Undergraduate Studies / Curriculum Committee. (January 2018 - August 2020).
  • Committee Member, Executive Committee. (January 2018 - August 2020).
  • Committee Chair, Newberry Library Consortium Committee. (September 2016 - August 2020).
  • Faculty Advisor, Sigma Tau Delta. (September 1, 2017 - August 30, 2018).
  • Committee Member, Curriculum Committee. (September 2017 - January 2018).
  • Member, Graduate Curriculum Committee. (September 1, 2016 - May 1, 2017).
  • Committee Chair, Ad Hoc Undergraduate Scholarship Committee. (March 1, 2017 - March 25, 2017).

Public Service

  • Guest Speaker, Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (OLLI). Denton, TX. (October 26, 2021 - Present).
  • Guest Speaker, Denton High School. Denton, TX. (October 22, 2018).
  • Guest Speaker, Remnant Trust at West Texas A&M. Canyon, TX. (November 13, 2013).

Professional Service

  • Reviewer, Journal Article, Renaissance Studies. (September 1, 2024 - September 30, 2024).
  • Reviewer, Book, Oxford University Press. (August 1, 2024 - August 31, 2024).
  • Reviewer, Grant Proposal, American Philosophical Society. (December 2023).
  • Reviewer, Journal Article, Shakespeare Quarterly. (October 2023).
  • Reviewer, Book, Cambridge University Press. (December 2021 - 2021).
  • Reviewer, Journal Article, Research on Medieval and Renaissance Drama. (March 2021 - March 2021).
  • Reviewer, Grant Proposal, American Philosophical Society. (November 2019 - December 2020).
  • Reviewer, Book, Cambridge University Press. (October 2020 - November 2020).
  • Reviewer, Book, Routledge. (October 2019).
  • Reviewer, Journal Article, Shakespeare Quarterly. (March 2019).
  • Reviewer, Book, Routledge, "Theatre and Performance" series. (February 2019).
  • Reviewer, Journal Article, Shakespeare (journal). London, UK. (October 2018).
  • Reviewer, Book, Bloomsbury Publishing -- Arden Shakespeare. London, (August 2018).
  • Reviewer, Journal Article, Renaissance Drama. (November 2017).
  • Reviewer, Journal Article, Early Modern Literary Studies. (2015).
  • Reviewer, Journal Article, Shakespeare Quarterly. (2015).
  • Reviewer, Journal Article, The Shakespeare Newsletter. (2015).
  • Reviewer, Journal Article, Explorations in Renaissance Culture. (2014).
  • Reviewer, Journal Article, Philology Quarterly. (2011).