Rate My Professor Lloyd Kermode

Lloyd Edward Kermode is Professor of English with a specialization in Renaissance Studies at California State University, Long Beach, within the College of Liberal Arts. He earned his BA Honours in English Literature from the University of Sheffield, UK, an MPhil in English Literature from the Shakespeare Institute at the University of Birmingham, UK, an MA from The Johns Hopkins University, and a PhD in English from Rice University. As an affiliated faculty member of the Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies, Dr. Kermode's research centers on early modern drama, 16th-century national and ethnic identity in England, British Renaissance cultural studies, and theories of space and consciousness. His academic interests include Renaissance and Early Modern British Literature as well as Literary and Cultural Theory. At CSULB, he teaches courses in medieval and early modern literature, poetry, and literary criticism and theory. His contributions extend to areas such as early modern drama and culture, English-foreign relations, provincial drama, and contemporary critical theory.

Dr. Kermode has made significant contributions to the field through his publications, including the monograph Aliens and Englishness in Elizabethan Drama published by Cambridge University Press in 2009, which examines themes of nationality and otherness in early modern plays. He also edited Three Renaissance Usury Plays for Manchester University Press in 2009, presenting critical editions of key texts exploring economic and moral issues in Renaissance drama. Additionally, he co-edited Tudor Drama Before Shakespeare, 1485-1590: New Directions for Southward, published by Palgrave Macmillan in 2004, advancing scholarship on pre-Shakespearean dramatic traditions. His work has been featured in peer-reviewed journals, such as Early Theatre, where he published 'Heraldic Text and the Representation of Authority in York's 1486 Pinners’ Play' in 2015. Dr. Kermode's scholarship influences discussions on identity, space, and cultural dynamics in Renaissance literature, enriching the understanding of Literature at institutions like CSULB.