Sawyer K. Kemp

Sawyer K. Kemp is an Assistant Professor in the Department of English at Queens College, CUNY. Their research focuses on Shakespeare, early modern drama, and performance studies with an emphasis on transgender methodologies and social justice. Key projects include analyzing accessibility in Shakespearean performance and exploring intersections between contemporary gender issues and premodern texts.

Research interests include feminist/queer critiques of theater accessibility, trans methodologies for early modern texts, and anti-Blackness studies in Shakespeare. Teaching interests span Shakespearean studies, performance theory, and transgender literary analysis.

Publications engage with topics like anti-Blackness in Othello, transgender dramaturgy, and digital Shakespeare games. Kemp’s work appears in Shakespeare Quarterly, Shakespeare Studies, and Teaching Social Justice Through Shakespeare.

No awards explicitly listed. Advising and grant details not provided in source text. Active in interdisciplinary research bridging theater history, gender studies, and social justice pedagogy.