About
Mark S. Rideout, PhD, is an applied assistant professor of English in the Department of English & Creative Writing at The University of Tulsa. In addition to undergraduate college composition, he specializes in Renaissance and Restoration English literature, with an emphasis in drama and discourses of magic and literatures of the fantastic. Scholarly and teaching interests focus on the intersection of writing, identities, and the performative self in both early modern English and contemporary popular cultures.
Education
- Ph.D., The University of Tulsa
- Dissertation: “Other Powers: Magic and the Politics of Gender in Early Modern Drama, 1585-1625”
- M.A., The University of Tulsa
- Dissertation: “Robert Greene’s ‘A Groatsworth of Wit’: A Critical Edition of the 1592 Text”
- B.A., The University of Tulsa
Research interests and areas of expertise
- British Renaissance literature, with an emphasis on drama
- British Restoration/Long 18th Century literature
- Early Modern textual studies and book history
- Performance studies
- Gender and sexualities
- Magic and witchcraft
- Mythology and folklore
- Fantastika
- Rhetoric and composition
- Writing center theory and practice