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About L. Monique Pittman

A former student of the Andrews University English Department, I began teaching here in 1999. I returned because the English Department had provided me with a stimulating and nurturing place in which to develop a mature intellectual and spiritual life. I also loved and admired the comradery characteristic of the faculty relationships with each other and with their students.

After completing my B.A. in English with a minor in music at Andrews (1991), I earned an M.A. from The College of William and Mary (1993), and finished a Ph.D. in Renaissance literature at Purdue University (2000).   My research explores how Shakespeare in performance depicts gender, class, and ethnic identities (Authorizing Shakespeare on Film and Television:  Gender, Class, and Ethnicity in Adaptation, 2011).  Recent projects interrogate the ethics of representation in The Taming of the Shrew at Chicago Shakespeare Theater (Shakespeare Survey), the BBC’s Hollow Crown (Borrowers and Lenders and Adaptation), and Ralph Fiennes’s Coriolanus (Shakespeare Bulletin).

As Director of Honors for over ten years, I’ve had the distinct pleasure of working with an engaged team of interdisciplinary students and research faculty from departments across the Andrews campus; the Honors Family enriches my life with a commitment to strengthening hearts and minds for ethical care of our world and its peoples.  Through the Honors Program’s emphasis on research, I have been able to foster the research inquiries of students in the areas of Shakespeare and performance and Early Modern literature; I have mentored over twenty Honors thesis projects—two of which have won top prize at the National Collegiate Honors Council annual student research poster session.
 

Positions

1999 - Present Professor of English, Andrews University ‐ Department of English
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Present Director of Honors, Andrews University ‐ J.N. Andrews Honors Program
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Curriculum Vitae

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Honors and Awards

  • J.N. Andrews Medallion (2013)
  • Bruce A. Ronk Excellence in Research Award (2010)
  • Recipient of Faculty Research Grant, Andrews University (2009)
  • Ronk Research Recognition Awards (2008, 2007, 2006, 2004, 2003)
  • Augsburger Excellence in Teaching Award, Andrews University (2006)
  • Advisor of the Year, Andrews University (2004)
  • Honors Teacher of the Year, Andrews University (2002)
  • Teacher of the Year, Pacific Union College (1998)

Courses

  • ENGL 115 Composition I
  • ENGL 215 Composition II
  • ENGL 185 Much Ado About English
  • ENGL 255 Studies in Literature: Shakespeare and Film
  • ENGL 267 Approaches to Literature
  • ENGL 372 English Literature 1600-1800
  • ENGL 425 The Classical Epic and the Christian Tradition
  • ENGL 464 Major Author: Shakespeare
  • ENGL 464 Shakespeare and Performance
  • ENGL 589 The Classical Epic and the Christian Tradition
  • ENGL 589 Literary Topics: Shakespeare and Performance
  • HONS 265 Literature and the Arts
  • HONS 398 Research Pro-Seminar

Education

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MA, William & Mary
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PhD, Purdue University
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BA, Andrews University
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Contact Information

Office Location: Nethery Hall 100
Phone: (269) 471-6084

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Edited Collections (1)

Monographs (2)

Peer-Reviewed Journal Articles (11)

Essays in Edited Books (5)

Conference Papers (1)

Campus Presentations (11)