Timothy A. Turner

I was born and raised in central Texas, attended high school in a small town called Whitney, and college at an even smaller liberal arts university in east Texas. Upon completion of my Bachelor of Arts in English degree with honors in May of 2003, I began graduate study in English at the University of Texas at Austin the following August. I was awarded my Master of Arts degree in May, 2005, for my thesis "On Division and Doubleness in Othello," completed under the direction of Professors Frank Whigham and Douglas Bruster.

Having recently passed my prospectus exam, I am now at work on my dissertation, Dangerous Language: Religion and Violence in English Renaissance Literature and Culture, which I hope to complete by May of 2009. My academic interests range widely, and include Renaissance literature, Shakespeare, religious studies, Reformation history, violence in literature, Chaucer, Middle English literature, philosophy and literary theory, rhetoric and poetics, language and literature, technology and pedagogy, and gender and sexuality in literary study.

While attending graduate school at the University of Texas at Austin, I have worked as a Teaching Assistant in British and American literature survey courses, a writing consultant for the Undergraduate Writing Center, a writing mentor in the College of Liberal Arts, a proctor in the Computer Writing and Research Lab, a Graduate Research Assistant, an Instructor in the University Extension Program, and an Assistant Instructor in the Department of Rhetoric and Writing. As an Assistant Instructor, I have taught RHE 306: Rhetoric and Composition, and I am currently teaching RHE 309K: The Rhetoric of War and Peace. I am also looking forward to teaching E 314V: Gay and Lesbian Literature and Culture, as an Assistant Instructor in the Department of English in the Fall of 2007 and Spring of 2008.

My hobbies and interests include amateur photography, traveling, modern art, music, and cooking. I currently live in Austin, TX.

This web site is a work in progress, so you will notice a number of as-yet unfilled pages. While I have provided some basic information about myself, including how to get in touch with me, I am continually adding new material about my dissertation project and my teaching experience.