Here is the second in the monthly series of bio's from new members. Once again, I have edited lightly if at all (mostly to be sure that everyone's name and e-address appears at the end of the sketch. I continue to be fascinated by the different ways that people find out about this list; one thing I have realised is that as soon as you get listed in one published Internet guide, you find yourself listed everywhere! Listing lists seems to be an unending occupation. Today seems to be my day to innundate all of you with messages, doesn't it? Well, this is it for today! I shall now return to my secret identity and check transcriptions for the next volume. By the way, has anyone seen any reviews of REED _Shropshire_? A. ===================================== Barbara Palmer is Dean of the Faculty and Professor of English at Mary Washington College, the public (i.e., state-supported) liberal arts undergraduate college of the Virginia higher education system. She currently is stalled in computer-entering the West Riding records for the REED volume(s) because of her deanly duties, but she at least feels dreadfully guilty. John Wasson is editor of the Devon REED volume, Malone Norfolk-Suffolk records, waiting to be published Derbyshire and Clifford household records, and co-editor of the West Riding REED. He currently is nagging his co-editor wife about the West Riding project and teaching a paleography course, thinly disguised as "Archives and Society," in Mary Washington College's Department of Historic Preservation. Barbara Palmer and John Wasson <[log in to unmask]> ==================================================== There was a time when the reed-l was (seemed?) small and I suspected we all knew each other, but that's clearly not the case any longer, so here's a quick bio: I teach in the Department of English and the Centre for Medieval Studies at the University of Toronto. I teach medieval and renaissance drama primarily in undergraduate classes, and a graduate course in the morality plays. I edited the REED volume for Herefordshire and Worcestershire (1990), and am now about 2/3 of the way through the volume for Wales. I am also editing the small number of surviving sixteenth century interludes in Welsh. I am celebrating(?) my 27th year with PLS - I now chair the production committee and try to stay out of shows. On the side I direct a professional shawm and sackbut ensemble, the Hogtown Waytes. Prof. David Klausner/Centre for Medieval Studies/University of Toronto [log in to unmask] phone: 416-978-6752 fax: 416-971-1398 ================================================== Michael McClintock: I am a graduate student at the University of Toronto in the department of English where I am completing a thesis on the Elizabethan dramatic soliloquy convention. My interests in English Renaissance drama do not focus solely on Shakespeare, and so I hope that REED-L will provide a useful and interesting complement to the discussions on the SHAKSPER list. As to how I discovered the list, I saw its name mentioned in a few postings on one of the other Renaissance lists in a discussion of the net resources available to Renaissance scholars. I tracked down the listserv address on the UPenn English Gopher. Michael Mcclintock <[log in to unmask]> ==================================================== I am a senior at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County and I am a Theatre major with a writing minor. I have been acting for a long time and now I am interested in all aspects of theatre. Right now I am taking a theatre history course which includes works pre-1700. I was given the address with your name included from my father who in turn got it from a friend of his. It was on a list printed out presumably from internet or WWW or some information center. Anna K. Soderberg [log in to unmask] ====================================================== I am currently Assistant Professor of Speech and Theatre at Genesee Community College. As the crow flies not all that far from Toronto. My major area of expertise is in the design and technical aspects of theatre. An area that I have worked steadily in since graduate school. I have been employed at four year and two year schools. My design work has been recognized on several occasions by the American College Theatre Festival. My interest in English Culture prior to 1642 is, of course, bound up with theatre. While I was a graduate student I had the oppurtunity to explore the Pagaent/Cycle plays. Because I consider myself a "techie" I got wrapped up in the wagons. I was able to spend some time reading was availble at that time (1976) and was not happy with the solutions that were presented. The Early English Text Society was just publishing some primary documents at the time that were intriguing. I remember going thru the Coventry Leet Book looking for refernces to the guilds and the pagaents. Since time I have had not enough time to go back an pursue this. As my working career is changing I see that I might in fact have the time. It will take me awhile, I am sure, to cover the old and the new ground. I am looking forward to spending that time. My education: AA - Orange County Community College, 1968 BA - SUNY Albany, 1971 MA - SUNY Albany, 1981 Professional Activities- For the past ten years I have been involved with the East Central Theatre Conference. I am the immdeiate Past- President, for one more week. I currently serve as coordinator of the Honors program at GCC. Thomas R. Clark Genesee Community College Batavia, NY 14020 716-343-0055 x6448 e-mail [log in to unmask] ========================================== My name is Lyn Dohaney. I am a graduate student (ABD as of Fall 1994) in the Drama Dept. at Tufts University in Medford, Massachusetts. Tufts awards the Ph.D. degree in the areas of theatre history, dramatic literature, theory, and criticism. I am currently preparing my dissertation proposal. My specific area of interest is the Restoration, but I am generally interested in all aspects of pre-19th century English and Irish theatre and drama. I heard about REED-L through Ken McCoy's A GUIDE TO INTERNET RESOURCES IN THEATRE AND PERFORMANCE STUDIES. This document was distributed during an Internet class prepared specifically for theatre grad students by one of Tufts' librarians. Lyn Dohaney [log in to unmask] =========================================================== I teach medieval/renaissance literature at Texas A&M International University in Laredo, Texas. My current research projects are mostly early Tudor things (dialogue, classical influence), but I also teach Chaucer, medieval drama, and rhetoric, all of which are particularly enjoyable to teach here on the border. I'm from Georgia (Ph.D. UGA), and my hobbies include writing verse and cooking food. I've been on the net for two years and have only flamed one person. Robert Haynes <[log in to unmask]> ================================================= My name is Hugh MacDonald. I am a graduate of Vic (8T2). While an undergraduate I was interested in medieval and renaissance history and liternature. After I left school these interests became an avocation. I collect antiquarian books, study languages ... currently gaelic and when not working, spending time with my family or doing volunteer work I continue to read, study and enjoy early literature. I am currently employed by the CIBC as the head of HR for the Operations and Technolgy Division. My prime business expertise is negotiation and conflict resolution. I have studied negotiation at Harvard Law School, Adult Education at St. F.X,, and Business at UWO. I confess that I would gain much more than I could ever contribute if allowed to register as a subscriber to REED-L. I learned about your list as a result of a reference to it in correspondence posted on the Gaelic-L and Mediev-L lists. I subscribe to both of these lists. Hugh MacDonald [log in to unmask]