Alexandra G. Bennett

Scholar, teacher, adviser, performer and tour guide, Alexandra G. Bennett is recognized by her students and her colleagues as an extraordinary professor, well on her way to an international reputation in the field of Renaissance literature. Alexandra brings her professional acting experience to her classes, her summer Shakespeare studies, her workshops for high school teachers and her Elderhostel seminars, and in each of these settings, she has developed a following of grateful, enthusiastic and occasionally exhausted students. She is said to be “engaging,” “delightful” and “challenging.” She turns questions into possibilities and possibilities into literary investigations. As one of her graduate students writes, “once you have taken Professor Bennett, you cannot be satisfied with producing anything but your best work.”