Lina Perkins Wilder

Lina Perkins Wilder serves as Professor of English at Connecticut College, where she has taught since 2006. Her expertise spans Shakespearean drama, Renaissance literature, and performance theory, with a distinctive focus on memory practices within early modern theatrical contexts.

Her academic credentials include:

• B.A. from the University of Rochester
• B.M. from the Eastman School of Music
• M.A., M.Phil., and Ph.D. from Yale University

Dr. Wilder's research investigates how theatrical objects function as memory triggers in Renaissance drama. Her foundational work reinterprets mnemonic devices—such as Yorick's skull and Desdemona's handkerchief—as conceptual frameworks for understanding performance. She uniquely bridges cognitive theory with historical analysis, examining how gendered physicality subverts traditional memory arts. Current projects extend this inquiry into Renaissance recording technologies, analyzing shorthand systems and biological preservation methods within literary representations of memory.

Her scholarly trajectory reveals consistent engagement with material culture and cognitive approaches to early modern texts, evolving from prop analysis toward broader investigations of knowledge preservation techniques. This methodological progression demonstrates increasing interdisciplinary sophistication while maintaining core focus on theatrical embodiment.

No scientific awards are documented in the available institutional records.

Information regarding graduate student mentorship and research funding remains unspecified in the provided faculty profile.