Lisa Klotz

Lisa Klotz is a Continuing Lecturer at the University of California, Davis, specializing in Legal Reasoning and Writing and Early Modern English Law and Literature. She holds a Ph.D. in English from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, a J.D. from the University of San Diego School of Law, and a B.A. in International Relations from UC Davis.

• Education:
• Ph.D., English, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
• M.A., English, California State University, Northridge
• J.D., University of San Diego School of Law
• B.A., International Relations, University of California, Davis

Her research explores intersections of law and literature in early modern England, focusing on legal reasoning, gender, and literary forms. She has received multiple Professional Development Awards (2024, 2023, 2020, 2019, 2017, 2014) and the Academic Federation Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching Award (2020).

Publications include analyses of legal themes in early modern drama (e.g., Webster’s The White Devil and Ben Jonson’s Volpone) and historical studies of legal proof systems. No lab affiliations or grant details are explicitly mentioned.