Education:
M.A. Literary & Cultural Studies, University of Oklahoma, 2017
Contact:
Office: Cate 2
Email: lamandaconrad@ou.edu
Lamanda’s background is in literary and cultural studies, with an emphasis on New Historicism. Particularly, her work focuses on the historical and literary climate from the start of the European Reformation through the English Civil War.
Lamanda Conrad's research examines how religion and politics, during the European Reformation, influenced literature and social norms of the period. Particularly, her work focuses on the written works of John Donne, John Milton, and William Shakespeare. Her thesis explores religous casuistry in 16th and 17th centuries England and how "silence" in Shakespeare's Hamlet represents the religious and political climate of the period. Currently, Lamanda is focused on teaching writing for the English Department and continuing to examine how the study of literature can be useful in teaching academic writing in a multi-disciplinary classroom.
Lamanda has served as a faculty mentor for incoming graduate students, teaching for FYC and has facilitated several Professional Development Workshops in recent semesters. She currently serves on the Writing Awards Committee and Professional Development Workshop Committee.
2017: “But Break My Heart for I Must Hold My Tongue: Silence, Casuistry & Diplomacy in Shakespeare’s Hamlet.” Presented at the Multidisciplinary Renaissance Conference at The Newberry Center for Renaissance Studies, Chicago, Illinois.
2015: “Let Not Thine Hearts Be Troubled: Body & Soul in John Donne’s Devotions.” Presented at the Seventeenth-Annual Shakespeare Conference at The Shakespeare Institute, Stratford-Upon-Avon, England.
