William Kerwin

William Kerwin is an Associate Professor in the Department of English at the University of Missouri's College of Arts and Science. He holds a PhD from the University of North Carolina (1996) and directs the Missouri Prison Outreach Program (MO-POP), launched in 2020 to provide education programs for incarcerated individuals in mid-Missouri. His research focuses on Renaissance drama, early modern satiric poetry, Irish literature, and intersections of medicine and literature.

• Education: PhD 1996, University of North Carolina

His teaching spans Shakespeare, early British poetry, world drama, and immigration fiction. Key publications include Beyond the Body: The Boundaries of Medicine and English Renaissance Drama (2005) and Brian Friel: A Casebook (1997). He has received prestigious awards for teaching, including the William T. Kemper Fellowship and Purple Chalk Award.

MO-POP's inaugural programs began at Moberly Correctional Center in 2022. Kerwin also engages with Film Studies and Digital Storytelling, reflecting his interdisciplinary approach to literature.