Aaron Butler, PhD

Adjunct Professor of English

Location
Hedrick Building
Department
  • Assistant Professor of English
  • B.A., Wayne State College
  • M.A., Ph.D., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Dr. Butler received his Ph.D. in English in 2000 from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where he was a Teaching Fellow for five years in the English Department and a tutor for the UNC-CH Writing Center for two years. After receiving his doctorate, he served as a Lecturer in the UNC-CH English Department in 2000-2001. He began teaching at Catawba College in the fall semester of 2001 and directed the Writing Center from 2002 to 2008. Dr. Butler's main research interests concern Shakespeare's works on stage and screen, connections between literature, science, and art in the Early Modern period, and the influence of 21st century popular culture on public opinion.