Celia R. Caputi

Celia R. Caputi is a Professor of English at Florida State University, affiliated with the College of Arts and Sciences. Her research focuses on Shakespeare/Early Modern Studies, Feminist Critical Theory, Cultural Studies, Virginia Woolf, and Italian Studies. She has contributed to groundbreaking works like the Oxford edition of Thomas Middleton's collected works and has been an authoritative voice on Renaissance literature and feminist theory.

Notable achievements include chairing the Royal Shakespeare Company's debate on Othello's racial implications (2015), semi-finalist status in Italy's prestigious Salon del Libro di Torino literary competition (2013), and featuring in NPR's This American Life (2023). Her autobiographical essay 'Come l'ago della bussola' was included in the Lingua Madre Duemilatredici anthology.

Her research explores intersections of race, gender, and empire, with particular attention to transnationalism and early modern drama. Recent work includes analyzing Virginia Woolf's The Voyage Out and Nella Larsen's Quicksand through intersectional frameworks, reimagining The Tempest through an intersectional lens, and examining Southern Italian folk traditions like tarantism.

Publications span monographs, edited volumes, and peer-reviewed articles, with frequent engagement in interdisciplinary debates. Her work frequently bridges early modern texts with contemporary feminist, postcolonial, and cultural studies.

Grants and collaborative projects are not explicitly detailed in the text, but her academic contributions reflect sustained engagement with international scholarly networks, including roles in London and Florence study programs. No lab affiliations are mentioned, though her work involves textual analysis and cultural critique.