I am a professor of English at Montana State University, Bozeman. As a scholar and teacher of Shakespeare and his contemporaries, my work is historically grounded, but I am committed to conversations about how and why this literature matters today.

I have been a member of the English faculty since 2006, specializing in Shakespeare, the Early Modern Period, and the Anthropocene through the lens of drama. Motivated by energy, intelligence and love for literature, my students accept the challenge to think more deeply and accomplish more as writers.

I have been involved for many years as a teacher in MSU’s Middle East Partnership Initiative summer leadership program, leading discussions on human rights. In addition to my work in the classroom, I am active in community outreach, serving as a research resource for Montana Shakespeare in the Schools and Montana Shakespeare in the Parks. I also work with actors, directors and audience members at other Shakespearean companies, such as the Oregon Shakespeare Festival, the American Players Theatre and the Globe Theatre in London.

My scholarship includes early modern drama, the English Reformation, Christian late antiquity and modern drama. My new monograph is entitled Shakespeare in Montana. I have edited texts on Timon of Athens, Troilus and Cressida, Much Ado About Nothing, and The Revenger’s Tragedy, as well as the first commentary on the book of Revelation written in English, John Bale’s The Image of Both Churches. 

In order to extend my research into practical outreach, I co-founded Montana InSite Theatre, where we use classical texts to explore environmental issues in site-specific locations.

Contact Information:

Email: gretchen.minton@montana.edu

Phone: 406.994.5194

June 28, 2022

Gretchen Minton, Montana State University’s Shakespeare expert and a professor in the Department of English since 2006, has been appointed Distinguished Professor for 2023 in MSU’s College of Letters and Science, the highest honor the college can bestow upon a member of its faculty in recognition of contributions to the college, MSU and the scholarly community.