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Jessica Tvordi is an Associate Professor of English at Southern Utah University (SUU), where she teaches introductory writing and literature courses alongside specialized classes in British Literature through the Romantic Period. She co-coordinates the Shakespeare Studies Minor and the Wooden O Symposium, an annual conference sponsored by SUU and the Utah Shakespeare Festival in collaboration with Theatre Department colleague Dr. Scott Knowles.
- Education:
- M.A. in English, University of Wyoming (1993)
- Ph.D., University of Arizona (2002)
- Professional History:
- Postdoctoral Instructor at Whitman College (Walla Walla, WA) for one year
- Faculty member at SUU since 2003
Her research focuses on early modern English writers such as Christopher Marlowe, William Shakespeare, Ben Jonson, and John Milton, contextualized within a New Historicist framework. She investigates the intersection of non-public drama (e.g., court masques, Inns of Courts plays, university performances) and political discourses, particularly the rhetoric of social deviance in shaping national identity.
Dr. Tvordi also engages in creative writing, having published her debut historical novel, The Schoolmaster (June 2024). Outside academia, she enjoys cycling on mountain bike trails and gravel roads near Cedar City, Utah.
