Coordinator, English Minor & Assistant Professor
Year Started at JMU: 2024
weberbe@jmu.edu
Contact Info
Fall 2026 Office Hours
TBA
Office: Keezell 218
Specialization
Early modern English literature, book history and bibliography, digital humanities, environmental humanities
Education
Ph.D., English with a Designated Emphasis in Science and Technology Studies, The University of California, Davis
M.A., English, The University of North Carolina at Charlotte
B.A., English and History, The University of North Carolina at Charlotte
Books/Articles/Essays
Forthcoming Monograph: Book Arts, Shakespeare, and Experiential Learning, contracted with Cambridge University Press for their Elements in Shakespeare and Text series.
Forthcoming Essay: “In Witness and Remembrance: Textual Loss and Editing the Probate Documents of London’s Early Stationers.” In Shakespeare & Textual Failure, edited by Claire M.L. Bourne (Bloomsbury: The Arden Shakespeare).
Forthcoming Collection: Playbook Wills, 1529-1690 (Co-edited with Kirk Melnikoff and Aaron T. Pratt. Manchester University Press, under contract).
Forthcoming Digital Project: Book Trade Probate (Co-edited with Kirk Melnikoff and Aaron T. Pratt).
Peer-Reviewed Article: “White Christmas Pie, 'Smooth as Monumental Alabaster': The Past and Future Politics of Shakespearean Cookbooks.” The Politics of Book History: Then and Now, special issue of Journal of Early Modern Studies, 14 (2025).
Essay: "Book History in the Bay Area." Contingent Magazine. 11 February 2021.
