The University of Tennessee Southern

Angeline Morris Assistant Professor of English

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Contact Information

Office Address:
School of Arts and Humanities

Phone: 931-424-2031 Ext: 3894

Email: amorr113@utsouthern.edu

Biography

Dr. Morris is assistant professor of English at the University of Tennessee Southern. Her research interests include early modern theories of kingship and queenship, gender studies, theater history, and performance studies. In addition to her scholarly work, she also works as a dramaturg, most recently for the Alabama Shakespeare Project’s 2023-2024 season, “‘Prop’-aganda,” which centered on depictions of kingship and queenship in early modern English and Italian dramatic texts.

Education

  • PhD English, Hudson Strode Program in Renaissance Studies, University of Alabama
  • MA English, Duquesne University
  • BA History and English, Spring Hill College

Publications

Articles and Chapters

  • “‘My sickness grows upon me’: The Silencing of Regan in King Lear,” Gendered Violence and Violent Genders, eds. Matthew Carter and Melissa Ridley Elmes, Medieval Institute Publications (under contract)
  • “Divided Fathers, Divided Kings: Echoes of Arcadia in Shakespeare’s King Lear,” Journal of the Wooden O 20, no. 1 (2020): 59-68.

Reference

  • With Hope McNamee and Elizabeth E. Tavares, “Census of Medieval and Renaissance performance since January 2022,” Research on Medieval and Renaissance Drama 60 (2023):: 39-94.

Essays

For Tiring House blog, eds. Elizabeth E. Tavares and Angeline Morris:

  • “‘Within the hollow crown’: A Season Reflection,” 23 May 2024, https://alabamashax.ua.edu/reflection/2025-05-23/
  • “Re-visiting—Re-vising—the Narrative of Richard III,” (13 Feb 2024), https://alabamashax.ua.edu/context/2023-02-13/
  • “Controlling the Narrative,” 23 Oct 2023, https://alabamashax.ua.edu/context/2023-10-23/
  • “The Role(s) of Kings,” 25 Sept 2023, https://alabamashax.ua.edu/context/2023-09-25/
  • “A Crown for All Seasons,” 12 July 2023, https://alabamashax.ua.edu/season/season23

Awards

  • 2023 – Outstanding Teaching by a Doctoral Student, English Department, University of Alabama
  • 2022-2023 – Summer Research Funding, Hudson Strode Program in Renaissance Studies, University of Alabama
  • 2018-19 – Teaching Fellow, Department of English and Theater Arts, Duquesne University
  • 2018 – Research Travel Grant, Department of English and Theater Arts, Duquesne University