Timothy Burbery

Timothy Burbery is a Professor in the Department of English at Marshall University, specializing in emerging interdisciplinary fields like geomythology and science-literature intersections. His academic contributions include pioneering publications in Milton Studies, Shakespeare scholarship, and literary theory.

Educational Background:

• PhD, Stony Brook University, 1997

His research bridges mythology and geoscientific phenomena, earning recognition from The Atlantic Monthly and features in BBC Future and Hakai Magazine. He has taught courses ranging from Shakespeare to Ecocriticism and Scientific Writing.

His 2021 book Geomythology: How Common Stories Reflect Earth Events established foundational frameworks for interpreting myths as proto-scientific records of natural disasters and geological events.