This episode was originally recorded in 2019 with former UMM Professor Steve McFarlane Ph.D. and with funding from the Mellon foundation (details below). In today’s episode we sit down with Julie Eckerle Ph.D. to discuss how she came to be interested in English, the value of studying English, her approach to teaching, and advice for students. Julie has expertise in Early Modern British Literature, Women’s Writing and Representations of Gender in Literature, Early Modern Life Writing, and Early Irish Literature.
Resources to learn more

The Riverside Shakespeare (book)
Watch Shakespeare on the Globe Theatre website
Guthrie Theatre
Study Abroad Information at Morris

About The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation
The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation is the nation’s largest supporter of the arts and humanities. Since 1969, the Foundation has been guided by its core belief that the humanities and arts are essential to human understanding. The Foundation believes that the arts and humanities are where we express our complex humanity, and that everyone deserves the beauty, transcendence, and freedom that can be found there. Through our grants, we seek to build just communities enriched by meaning and empowered by critical thinking, where ideas and imagination can thrive. Learn more at mellon.org.

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