Dr. Esther Schupak
Fields of Interest
Shakespeare; pedagogy; rhetoric and composition, listening rhetoric; gender; performance studies; science fiction.
CV
Esther B. Schupak
Curriculum Vitae
June 2022
Nachal Revivim 21, apt. 7
Ramat Bet Shemesh 99641
Israel
Tel.: (02) 999-1723
Email: yebschupak@gmail.com
EDUCATION
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2014 |
Ph.D., English Literature Bar-Ilan University Dissertation: Gender and Julius Caesar: Performance, Listening Rhetoric, and Pedagogy
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1995 |
M.A., English Literature: Rhetoric and Composition University of Maryland College Park
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1991 |
B.A., Interdisciplinary Studies: Writing and Business Administration University of Maryland Baltimore County summa cum laude
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CURRENT PROFESSIONAL EMPLOYMENT
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2020-current |
Lecturer Department of English Literature and Linguistics Bar-Ilan University
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2013-2020 |
Adjunct Lecturer Department of English Literature and Linguistics Bar-Ilan University
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PUBLICATIONS
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In press |
“Revolutionary Shakespeare: Julius Caesar and the Rhetorical Fashioning of Ideologies of Freedom” in Shakespeare at War, ed. Sonia Massai and Amy Lidster
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2022 |
"Rhetorical Identification in Shakespeare’s Roman Republics." Shakespeare (2022): 1-32.
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2022 |
"Coriolanus and Failures of Listening." ANQ: A Quarterly Journal of Short Articles, Notes and Reviews (2022): 1-4.
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2021 |
“Teaching Shakespeare with Performance Pedagogy in an Online Environment.” Shakespeare Survey 74 (2021): 69-80.
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2021 |
“An Ultra-Orthodox Woman Performing Difference in Israeli Academia.” International Journal of Qualitative Studies in Education (2021): 1-20.
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2019 |
“Listening Rhetoric in the Diverse Classroom: Suggestions for Praxis,” College Teaching 67.3 (2019): 196-204.
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2019 |
“’I Grant I am a Woman’: Gender and Silence in Julius Caesar.” Shakespeare 15.2 (2019): 107-120.
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2019 |
“Performing Julius Caesar with Ultra-Orthodox Women” Research in Drama Education 24.2 (2019): 155-172.
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2018
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"Redefining Censorship: Lessons Learned from Teaching The Merchant of Venice in Israel.” European Judaism 51.2 (2018): 134-142. |
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2018 |
"Shakespeare and Performance Pedagogy: Overcoming the Challenges." Changing English 25.2 (2018): 163-179.
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2017 |
“Julius Caesar Across Borders: The Ethos of the American Republic." Literature and History 26.2 (2017): 157-176.
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2016 |
“’Lend Me Your Ears’: Listening Rhetoric and Political Ideology in Julius Caesar.” Shakespeare Survey 69 (2016): 123-33.
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Invited Chapters in Preparation
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“Teaching Hamlet: From Textual Practice to Digital Tools”
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Book in Preparation
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2021 |
Shakespeare’s Political Drama and the Ethos of the American Republic
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CONFERENCE PANELS ORGANIZED
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2021 |
“Shakespeare and the Politics of Absence” European Shakespeare Research Association Conference, Athens, June 3-6
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2020
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“Listening” Conference on the Study of English Literatures in Israel, Beer Sheva, February 3
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2019 |
“Beyond Performance / Inside the Classroom: Interactive Workshops on the Teaching of Shakespeare” European Shakespeare Research Association Conference, Rome, July 9-12
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CONFERENCE PAPERS
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2022 |
“Political Change and Identification in Shakespeare’s Roman Republics” Rhetoric Society of America Conference, Baltimore, May 26-29
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2022 |
“The Rhetoric of Identification in Shakespeare’s Roman Republics” Renaissance Society of America Conference, Dublin, March 30-April 2
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2021 |
“Shakespeare’s Roman Plays in Performance in the Early American Republic” British Shakespeare Association, Online, August 5-7
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2021 |
“Shakespeare’s Roman Dramas and the Culture of the American Colonies” European Shakespeare Research Association Conference, Athens, June 3-6
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2021
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“Performance Pedagogy in an Online Environment” Renaissance Society of America Conference, Online, April 13-22
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2021 |
“Listening Rhetoric and the Thesis Statement” Annual Convention of the Conference on College Composition and Communication, Seattle, April 7-10, Cancelled due to COVID-19
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2020 |
“Shakespeare’s Roman Plays in Performance in the Early American Republic” British Shakespeare Association Conference, Surrey, Cancelled due to COVID-19
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2020 |
“Listening Rhetoric and the Thesis Statement” Conference on the Study of English Literatures in Israel, Beer Sheva, February 3
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2019 |
“Shakespeare and Language of Origin” Rhetoric Society of America Summer Institute, College Park, Maryland, June 6-8
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2019
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“Relatable” Conference on the Study of English Literatures in Israel, Tel Aviv, January 21
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2018 |
“Listening Rhetoric as a Paradigm in the Israeli Classroom” Conference on the Study of English Literatures in Israel, Ramat Gan, February 1
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2017 |
“Teaching Shakespeare in Israel” Shakespeare and the Jews, University College, London, March 28-30
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2017 |
“In Pursuit of the Useful” Conference on the Study of English Literatures in Israel, Haifa, February 8
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2017 |
"Listening Rhetoric and the Diverse Classroom" Modern Language Association Annual Convention, Philadelphia, January 5-8
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2016 |
“Implications of Listening Rhetoric for the Composition Classroom” Annual Convention of the Conference on College Composition and Communication, Houston, April 6-9
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2015 |
"An Analysis of the Efficacy of Performance Pedagogy" Biannual Conference of the European Shakespeare Research Association, Worcester, England, June 29-July 2
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2014 |
"Julius Caesar Across Borders: The Ethos of the American Republic" Annual Conference of the Rhetoric Society of America, San Antonio, May 22-26
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2014 |
"The Role of Julius Caesar in American Education" Graduate Symposium on Literature, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, January 9
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2013 |
"Performance Pedagogy: Advantages and Limitations" Annual Convention of the National Council of Teachers of English, Boston, November 21-24
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2013 |
"The Literature Log: Alternatives to the Textbooks" National Conference of the English Teachers' Association of Israel, Tel Aviv, July 9-10
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2013 |
"From the Parents Television Council to Increase Mather: Contemporary Analogues to Opposition to the Early Modern Popular Theater" Comparative Literature Conference, Long Beach, California, April 25-26
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CONFERENCE POSTERS
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2019 |
“Embodying Difference in Israeli Academia” Seventh International Conference on Teacher Education (MOFET Institute), Tel Aviv, June 24-26
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2016 |
“Listening Rhetoric and Academic Writing Instruction” Third International Conference on Academic Writing (Israel Forum for Academic Writing and the MOFET Institute), Tel Avivi, June 27-28
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INVITED TALKS
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2018 |
“Listening Rhetoric in the College Classroom” Talpiot College faculty annual assembly (in Hebrew)
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PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
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2020, 2021, 2022
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Online paleography courses
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2019 |
Rhetoric Society of America Summer Institute, College Park, Maryland, June 6-8
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PEER REVIEW
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2022 |
Research in Drama Education
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2022 |
Conference on College Composition and Communication
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2020 |
The Explicator
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AWARDS AND HONORS
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2012 |
Rector's Prize
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2010-2014 |
Presidential Fellowship for Outstanding Scholars
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1991 |
Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi
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1990 |
Interdisciplinary Studies Award
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1989-1991 |
Academic Honors
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PRIOR TEACHING EXPERIENCE
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2014-2020 |
Lecturer (tenured) Department of English Teacher-Training Talpiot Academic College
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2013-2017 |
Instructor Zaidner Institute, Neve Yerushalayim (Thomas Edison State College)
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2000-2011 |
Head of English Department, English teacher Bet Yaakov Ko Tomar, Bet Shemesh
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1997-2005 |
Instructor, teacher education Machon Bet Yaakov Lamorot, Jerusalem
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1997-2001 |
English teacher Bet Yaakov Batya, Jerusalem
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1992-1996 |
English teacher Bais Yaakov High School, Baltimore, Maryland
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1994-1995 |
Instructor Department of English/Education University of Maryland Baltimore County
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SOME RECENT COURSES
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2022 |
Shakespeare and Gender (graduate)
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2020-2021 |
Political Shakespeare (graduate)
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2018-2019 |
Shakespeare, Adaptation, and Popular Culture (graduate)
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2018-2019 |
Rhetoric, Persuasion, and the Media
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2017-2019
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Dramatic Reading (methodology) |
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2017-2019 |
Introduction to Rhetoric (online)
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2016-2019 |
Shakespeare and Film
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2016-2019
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Seminar: Monsters in Literature and Culture |
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2014-2019 |
Children’s Literature
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2013-2019 |
Academic Writing
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2016-2017 |
Fundamentals of Speech and Rhetoric
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2016-17 |
Shakespeare Around the World (graduate)
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TEACHING AREAS
Shakespeare
Rhetoric
Literature
Writing
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
Modern Language Association
National Council of Teachers of English
Rhetoric Society of America
European Shakespeare Research Association
Shakespeare Association of America
Renaissance Society of America
Research
Shakespeare; pedagogy; rhetoric and composition, listening rhetoric; gender; performance studies.
Publications
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In press |
“Revolutionary Shakespeare: Julius Caesar and the Rhetorical Fashioning of Ideologies of Freedom” in Shakespeare at War, ed. Sonia Massai and Amy Lidster
|
|
2022 |
"Rhetorical Identification in Shakespeare’s Roman Republics." Shakespeare (2022): 1-32.
|
|
2022 |
"Coriolanus and Failures of Listening." ANQ: A Quarterly Journal of Short Articles, Notes and Reviews (2022): 1-4.
|
|
2021 |
“Teaching Shakespeare with Performance Pedagogy in an Online Environment.” Shakespeare Survey 74 (2021): 69-80.
|
|
2021 |
“An Ultra-Orthodox Woman Performing Difference in Israeli Academia.” International Journal of Qualitative Studies in Education (2021): 1-20.
|
|
2019 |
“Listening Rhetoric in the Diverse Classroom: Suggestions for Praxis,” College Teaching 67.3 (2019): 196-204.
|
|
2019 |
“’I Grant I am a Woman’: Gender and Silence in Julius Caesar.” Shakespeare 15.2 (2019): 107-120.
|
|
2019 |
“Performing Julius Caesar with Ultra-Orthodox Women.” Research in Drama Education 24.2 (2019): 155-172.
|
|
2018
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"Redefining Censorship: Lessons Learned from Teaching The Merchant of Venice in Israel.” European Judaism 51.2 (2018): 134-142. |
|
2018 |
"Shakespeare and Performance Pedagogy: Overcoming the Challenges." Changing English 25.2 (2018): 163-179.
|
|
2017 |
“Julius Caesar Across Borders: The Ethos of the American Republic." Literature and History 26.2 (2017): 157-176.
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2016 |
“’Lend Me Your Ears’: Listening Rhetoric and Political Ideology in Julius Caesar.” Shakespeare Survey 69 (2016): 123-33.
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Last Updated Date : 06/08/2023
