Mary Erica Zimmer

Mary Erica Zimmer is a Lecturer in the Concourse Program at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), focusing on early modern book history, bibliography, and digital humanities. She holds a PhD in Editorial Studies from Boston University (2019), with prior degrees from Boston University, the University of St. Andrews, and the University of Chicago. Her research emphasizes print cultures in early modern England, including projects like Browsing the Bookshops in St. Paul’s Churchyard—a digitized reconstruction of London’s pre-1666 publishing landscape—and a digital edition of Isaac Newton’s translation of The Book of Nicholas Flamel. She has received a Summer Residency at the Institute of English Studies in London and collaborates with institutions such as the Folger Shakespeare Library and MIT’s Distinctive Collections. Her work bridges material culture, literary annotation, and computational methods.

Education highlights include her doctorate at Boston University’s Editorial Institute and graduate work across multiple institutions. Her presentations span conferences like the Shakespeare Association of America and the Sixteenth Century Society, with forthcoming publications in New Technologies in Medieval and Renaissance Studies and Scholarly Editing. She also leads a monograph project tentatively titled Data Shapes.

• Affiliations: MIT Concourse Program, Institute of English Studies (Summer Resident), MITx Online
• Key Projects: Global Shakespeares: Re-Creating the Merchant of Venice, Newton’s Flamel Translation Digital Edition
• Support: Folger Shakespeare Library, MIT Literature/Humanities Sections, Map of Early Modern London