Keith Jones

Associate Professor of English

Background

Dr. Keith Jones received his B.A. in English from Covenant College and his M.A. in English Literature and Ph.D. in Renaissance English Literature from Saint Louis University. He served as a Visiting Assistant Professor in the English Department of Wheaton College for five years, and has been an in the Department of English & Literature at Northwestern College since 2004.

The Joneses have adopted three children from Vietnam. The experiences surrounding their adoptions continue to teach the family about trusting in God. Adopting children from Vietnam has also expanded Keith's love of Vietnamese culture, literature, and cuisine.

Academic Credentials

Ph.D. in Renaissance English Literature, Saint Louis University, St. Louis, Missouri.
M.A. in English Literature, Saint Louis University, St. Louis, Missouri.
B.A. in English, Covenant College, Lookout Mountain, Georgia.

Specialty Areas

Shakespeare, Shakespeare and Film, Renaissance Literature, Composition, and Non-Western Literatures.

Select Professional Accomplishments

Publications
“‘Why, you are nothing then: Neither Maid, Widow, nor Wife?’: The Ritual of Comedy and the Rite of Marriage in Measure for Measure.” Forthcoming in a collection of essays edited by Beatrice Baston, The Shakespeare Institute, Wheaton College.

The Masterplots: Third Revised Edition essay on 2 Henry VI. Forthcoming.

The Masterplots: Christian Literature essays on Dorothy L. Sayers’ Mind of the Maker and Shusaku Endo’s Silence.

Presentations

“Depravity and Election: Redemption According to Calvin and Shakespeare.” The Conference on Christianity and Literature, 2009.

"‘Why, you are nothing then: Neither Maid, Widow, nor Wife?’: Motives, Morals, and Marriages in Measure for Measure”

"WORD and RITE: The Bible and Ceremony in Selected
Shakespeare Plays." The Shakespeare Institute, Wheaton College Conference, 2008.

“‘Shine comforts from the east’: The Cultural Collisions Surrounding a production of A Midsummer Night’s Dream in Vietnam.” Shakespeare and the World, University of Minnesota Symposium, 2005..

Public Lectures

“Shakespeare in Africa, Asia, and the Americas: How Universal is Shakespeare?” Lecture at the Guthrie Theatre (Minneapolis / St. Paul), 2010. [18 March 2010]

“Shakespearean Calvinism: Depravity, Election, Repentance, and Redemption.” Lecture at L’Abri Fellowship International (Rochester, Minnesota), 2009. [6 November 2009]

“The Directors and the Readers Play a Game of Chess with Hamlet.” Scholarship Symposium, Northwestern College, 2008. [9 May 2008]