Robert Kellerman

A native of Michigan, Robert Kellerman holds a bachelor's degree from the University of Michigan at Flint and a master's and doctoral degree from Michigan State University, where he specialized in medieval and Renaissance English literature. His dissertation focused on poetic paraphrases of the seven penitential psalms from the fourteenth through the seventeenth centuries, examining such writers from medieval poets Thomas Brampton and Richard Maidstone to the more familiar Sir Thomas Wyatt, George Gascoigne, John Donne, and George Herbert.

Dr. Kellerman has worked both in and out of academic settings. He has been a professional editor, a communications and public relations director, and a musician, having performed with various early music ensembles since the early 1980s. He has taught literature and composition at Michigan State University, Alma College (Michigan), and, previous to his appointment at UMA, in the far west Pacific at the University of Guam.

At UMA, Dr. Kellerman teaches:

English 101: College Writing

English 102: Introduction to Literature

English 202: Survey of British Literature, Medieval to 18th Century

English 300: Critical Analysis and Theory

English 301: History of the English Language

English 346: Studies in Mythology: Arthurian Literature

English 376: Medieval Literature

English 377: Renaissance Literature

English 466: Shakespeare

Women's Studies/Humanities 301: Introduction to LGBT Studies

His research interests include early English devotional and religious literature, medieval and Renaissance drama, Shakespeare, and contemporary lgbt literature. Because his field is unfamiliar territory for many of his students, he strives to make connections between the distant past and the present, reading early cultures in how they differ radically from but also lay the foundations for the modern world.

In his free time, he enjoys reading, swimming, camping, hiking, music-making, travel, and exploring Maine.

Recent Publications

"'Remember You Your Cue': Ludus and Mimesis in The Merry Wives of Windsor." Explorations in Renaissance Culture (2011).

"A Room of One's Own in Banana Yoshimoto's Kitchen." Pacific Asia Inquiry 1.1 (2010).