Geoffrey Way

Manager of Publishing Futures, Az Ctr Medieval/Renais Studies

Durham Hall 851 S. Cady Mall #505 Tempe, AZ 85287-4402
Mail code: 4402

Campus: Tempe
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Long Bio

Geoffrey Way is the Manager of Publishing Futures for the Arizona Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies, where he serves as Managing Editor for both The Sundial and Borrowers and Lenders and acquires and develops premodern titles and projects for publication in open access with ACMRS Press. His personal research focuses on how digital technologies shape Shakespeare's cultural relevance with audiences through both marketing and performance. He has recently published the collection Shakespeare and Cultural Appropriation (Routledge, 2023) with Vanessa Corredera and L. Monique Pittman, and has a second collection Ethical Appropriation in Shakespearean Performance coedited with Louise Geddes and Kathryn Vomero Santos forthcoming from Edinburgh University Press in 2024. His work has appeared in Shakespeare Bulletin, Borrowers and Lenders, The Journal of Narrative Theory, Humanities (co-authored with Devori Kimbro and Michael Noschka), and the collections Early Modern Studies After the Digital Turn and The Shakespeare User: Critical and Creative Appropriations in a Networked Culture (co-authored with Courtney Lehmann). He also is co-creator and co-host of the podcast Remixing the Humanities with Devori Kimbro and Michael Noschka.

Education

Ph.D., Literature, Arizona State University

M.A., English, Clemson University

B.A., English and History, Virginia Tech

Google Scholar URL

https://scholar.google.com/citations?hl=en&user=iiwmplwAAAAJ

Research Interests

Shakespeare; Adaptation and Appropriation; Digital Media; Performance

Scholarly Publishing; Public Humanities; Digital Humanities

Publications

Forthcoming

Ethical Appropriation in Shakespearean Performance. Co-edited with Louise Geddes and Kathryn Vomero Santos. Edinburgh UP, 2024.

Published

Shakespeare and Cultural Appropriation. Co-edited with Vanessa Corredera and L. Monique Pittman. Routledge, March 2023.

“Shakespeare Videogames, Adaptation/Appropriation, and Collaborative Reception.” In Games and Theatre in Shakespeare’s England. Eds. Tom Bishop, Gina Bloom, and Erika Lin. Amsterdam University Press, 2021: 255-274.

“Lend Us Your Earbuds: Shakespeare/Podcasting/Poesis.” Co-authored with Devori Kimbro and Michael Noschka. Humanities Special Issue on “Shakespeare and Digital Humanities: New Perspectives and Future Directions.” Ed. Stephen O’Neill. 2019. Available Open Access at https://www.mdpi.com/2076-0787/8/2/67/htm.

“Together, Apart: Liveness, Eventness, and Streaming Shakespearean Performance.” Shakespeare Bulletin 35.3, Fall 2017: 389-406. https://doi.org/10.1353/shb.2017.0031.

“Young Turks or Corporate Clones? Constructing the (Young) User in the Shakespearean Attention Economy.” Co-authored with Courtney Lehmann. In The Shakespeare User: Creative and Critical Appropriation in the Twenty-First Century. Eds. Valerie M. Fazel and Louise Geddes. Palgrave, 2017: 63-79.

“Staying Relevant: Marketing Shakespearean Performance through Social Media.” Early Modern Studies After the Digital Turn. Eds. Laura Estill, Diane Jakacki, and Michael Ullyot. Iter/ACMRS Press, 2016: 345-368.

“Peeking Behind the Digital Curtains: Shakespeare Performance Institutions, Social Media, and Access.” Borrowers and Lenders 10.1, Spring/Summer 2016: 1-26. Available Open Access at https://borrowers-ojs-azsu.tdl.org/borrowers/article/view/282/561.

“Social Shakespeare: Romeo and Juliet, Social Media, and Performance.” Journal of Narrative Theory 41, Fall 2011: 401-420. https://doi.org/10.1353/jnt.2011.0096.

Expertise Areas

Humanities and Arts

Social Media

British Literature - Renaissance

Early Modern Literature

Renaissance Period