George Mason University

Erika Lin

Assistant Professor

Erika T. Lin specializes in early modern literature and culture, with a focus on drama, theatre, and performance. She also has interests in medieval drama, gender studies, folklore, and Asian American studies. Lin is currently working on her first book, Shakespeare and the Materiality of Performance, and has also begun preliminary research for a new project on the performance dynamics of seasonal festivities and the early modern stage. Her article, "Performance Practice and Theatrical Privilege: Rethinking Weimann's Concepts of Locus and Platea" (New Theatre Quarterly 2006), recently won the Medieval and Renaissance Drama Society's 2008 Martin Stevens Award for Best New Essay in Early Drama Studies. Lin received her Ph.D. from the University of Pennsylvania, where she served as editor of the Literary Calls for Papers (CFP) mailing list and website. Before joining the faculty at Mason, she was Assistant Professor of English at the University of Louisville.

Email: elin1@gmu.edu
Phone: 703.993.2782
Office: Robinson Hall A 414

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