Andrew Bozio

Andrew Bozio is an Associate Professor in the Department of English at Skidmore College. Holding a PhD from the University of Michigan and a BA from the University of Kentucky, he specializes in Early Modern English Literature and Cultural Theory with a focus on spatiality, embodiment, and critical race studies.

• Education:
  • B.A., University of Kentucky
  • M.A. and Ph.D., University of Michigan

Research Interests include:

• Spatial representation in Renaissance drama
• Race and whiteness in Shakespeare
• Disability studies in early modern contexts
• Embodied cognition and performance theory
• Critical theory applications to early modern texts
• Transatlantic literary exchanges

Recent publications analyze Every Man in His Humor's spatial revisions, Shakespeare's racialized stagecraft, and Marlowe's intersections of disability and form. His 2020 monograph Thinking Through Place on the Early Modern English Stage established him as a leading voice in spatial literary criticism.

Scientific Awards & Grants

• ACMRS RaceB4Race Second Book Institute (2022)
• W.M. Keck Fellowship, Huntington Library (2020-21)
• Mellon Paleography Institute (2019)
• Skidmore Faculty Development Grants (2017, 2018)
• ProQuest Distinguished Dissertation Award nominee (2014)

Bozio teaches courses spanning Shakespearean embodiment, racial capitalism, and transatlantic Renaissance studies. His critical work appears in Shakespeare Quarterly, Modern Philology, and Shakespeare Studies among others.