Adam Rzepka

Dr. Adam Rzepka is an Associate Professor in the Department of English at Montclair State University's College of Humanities and Social Sciences. His scholarship examines early modern literature through interdisciplinary lenses including performance theory, history of science, and cognitive approaches. His current book project explores conceptions of experience in Shakespeare's era.

Research focuses on:

• Shakespearean imagination and early scientific models
• Theater architecture and spatial psychology
• Epistemological shifts in Renaissance literature
• Digital humanities approaches to early drama
• Historical phenomenology of performance

Publications demonstrate sustained engagement with how early modern theatrical practices intersected with emerging psychological and physiological concepts. Recent articles analyze affective fluid dynamics and crypt symbolism in tragedy.