Christopher Matusiak received his Ph.D from the University of Toronto in 2009 before joining Ithaca College's English faculty in 2010. He teaches courses on Shakespeare and the literature of his early modern contemporaries.

Christopher's primary research areas are the social and economic dimensions of early modern theater. He is associate editor of Renaissance dramatic selections for Representative Poetry Online  and a contributor to The Lost Plays Database . Currently he is working on a critical edition of Robert Greene’s comedy Friar Bacon and Friar Bungay (1594) for the Queen’s Men Editions series.

Christopher serves as the faculty sponsor for IC's chapter of Sigma Tau Delta, the international English Honor Society.

Recent Courses

ENGL-430        King's Men: Shakespeare, Jonson, Middleton (Fall 2012)

ENGL-331        English Renaissance Beasts (Spring 2012)

ENGL-219        Shakespeare and Dramatic Genre (Fall 2011)

ENGL-271        Desire and Temptation in the English Renaissance (Spring 2011)

ENGL-219        Shakespeare’s Women (Spring 2011)

Recent Publications

Entries for "Bendo and Richardo," “Doctor Lambe and the Witches,” "Friar Fox and Gillian of Brentford," “Friar Rush and the Proud Woman of Antwerp,”  "Marquis D'Ancre," “The Whore New Vamped,”  and "Zenobia" in The Lost Plays Database, eds. Roslyn L. Knutson and David McInnis. 2010-2012.

“Christopher Beeston and the Caroline Office of Theatrical ‘Governor’.” Early Theatre 11.2 (2008): 39-56.