Wards present papers at Shakespeare meeting
For immediate release May 3, 2006

GREENVILLE, PA – Dr. Jay A. Ward, professor of English at Thiel College, and Dr. Kathleen A. Ward, director of Thiel’s Academic Services Center, presented seminar papers at the Shakespeare Association of America annual meeting in Philadelphia April 12-16.

The meeting was attended by more than 650 Shakespeare scholars from the U.S., Canada, and Europe and is the major gathering of Shakespeareans in North America each year.

Dr. Kathleen Ward’s paper was titled “‘Humanity must perforce prey on itself....’: Violence and Identity in King Lear.”

Dr. Jay Ward’s paper was titled “‘Plays thus at being Prosper’: Caliban and Mimetic Envy in The Tempest and Robert Browning’s ‘Caliban upon Setebos.’”

Dr. Jay Ward also had an article published in the 2006 SRASP: Shakespeare and Renaissance Association of West Virginia Selected Papers titled “‘Biographical Fantasies’: Stephen Greenblatt’s ‘Shadowy Paths’ to Shakespeare’s Life.” The volume publishes approximately one-fourth of the papers presented at the 2005 conference.

Dr. Jay Ward joined the Thiel College faculty as an assistant professor of English and communication in 1978. He earned his bachelor’s degree from Butler University, and his master’s from Indiana Central University. Ward earned his Ph.D. from Ball State University.

Dr. Kathleen Ward joined the Thiel College English Department faculty in 1979 and later was named director of the college’s Academic Services Center. She earned a bachelor’s degree from Indiana University, a master’s from Ball State University and a Ph.D. from Kent State University.

The Wards reside in Sharon.