Historian. Author. Professor. Budding Curmudgeon. I study the contrast between image and reality in America, especially in politics.

Playwright, novelist, and former Poli Sci professor. Working class scholarship kid from Nebraska. Alumnus of Brown, Yale, Boston University, and the University of Nebraska. Collector of unrelated Masters and Doctoral degrees: comedy-loving polymath.

Theatre Artist/Professor, Shakespeare scholar (early modern performance practices.) Cat 🐈‍⬛ Dad. Beer 🍺 snob. History geek. New Englander, but really wishing I lived in Old England again. Is it possible to own too many swords?⚔️

Refugee from the miserable quislings at FB.

Associate Professor of Theatre, scholar of African theatres and puppetry, women and gender studies; translator and dramaturg.

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