Biography

Danielle Sanfilippo received her PhD in English at the University of Rhode Island. She received her B.A. with honors from Mount Holyoke College in 2009 and her M.A. from Boston College in 2011. Danielle teaches a wide variety of literature courses, including British Literature and Shakespeare. Her specialization is Renaissance drama with a focus on Shakespeare. Other research interests include gender studies/queer theory, performance studies, and classical literature. Danielle also spent many years performing and teaching acting and she attempts to infuse her performance experience into the classroom whenever possible. Her dissertation was entitled “The Skipping King”: Aristocratic Masculinity and Effeminacy in Early Modern Literature.