Heather Dubrow

Heather Dubrow holds the John D. Boyd, S.J. Chair in Poetic Imagination at Fordham University, specializing in early modern literature with emphases on Renaissance lyric poetry, Shakespeare, genre theory, and spatial poetics. A graduate of Harvard University (BA, PhD), she has held distinguished positions at Carleton College and the University of Wisconsin-Madison, where she was John Bascom Professor and Tighe-Evans Professor.

Her extensive publications explore genre theory, early modern poetry, Shakespeare's narrative techniques, and spatial representation. Recent work examines lyric poetry's deictic markers, close reading methodologies, and periodization theories. Dubrow has received fellowships from the Guggenheim Foundation, NEH, ACLS, and Bunting Institute.

As Director of Fordham's Poets Out Loud reading series and initiator of the university's Poetry Room, she bridges scholarly and creative practices. Dubrow also publishes poetry and essays on academic profession, appearing in collections like 'Forms and Hollows' and 'Lost and Found Departments'.