Vernon Dickson

Bio

Vernon Dickson is Associate Professor of English at Florida International University. There, he has served as Director of the Literature and Film Programs and frequently teaches Global Shakespeares a course he designed to help students see Shakespeare through a global lens and to see the world through the lenses of numerous Shakespeare adaptations around the globe. His moonograph, Emulation on the Shakespearean Stage, explores theories and practices of imitation and emulation on the early modern stage. Dr. Dickson has published articles and chapters related to Shakespeare, adaptation, global culture, rhetorical theory, and emulation in Renaissance Quarterly, Borrowers and Lenders, Studies in English Literature, The Papers of the Bibliographical Society of America, and the edited collection Shakespeare and Geek Culture.