Dr. Patrick Maley

Assistant Professor
Phone: ext. 2272
Email: maleyp@centenarycollege.edu

Academic Accomplishments

• BA in English: The College of New Jersey, 2004
• MA in Classical Studies: Indiana University, Bloomington, 2007
• MA in English: Indiana University, Bloomington, 2007
• PhD in English: Indiana University, Bloomington, 2010

Biography

Patrick joined the faculty at Centenary College in the fall of 2012. He teaches courses in Shakespeare, drama, classical literature, the Bible, and academic writing. Aside from a brief sojourn to the Midwest—developing scholarly and pedagogical skills, as well as an unhealthy attachment to college basketball—he is a lifetime resident of New Jersey. In his spare time, Patrick is an active critic of theater in New York and New Jersey; his reviews can be found here: http://www.stagemagazine.org/author/patrick-maley/

Research

Patrick’s research engages a wide range of issues concerning drama, theater, performativity, and critical theory, with a primary focus on modern and contemporary drama of the United States and Ireland. Playwrights that are a consistent focus of his scholarship include Brian Friel, Eugene O’Neill, Conor McPherson, Suzan-Lori Parks, and Marina Carr. Patrick’s work appears (or is forthcoming) in journals such as New Hibernia Review, The Eugene O’Neill Review, and Modern Drama. His current book project examines the relevance of tragedy to a contemporary discourse of critical humanism within a social and political framework.