Paul Edwards’ work centers on Shakespeare in performance, stage and screen adaptations of narrative fiction, and postwar American popular culture. He has directed more than forty original stage adaptations of fiction for campus and professional production.
| PhD | University of Texas at Austin |
| M.A. | Northwestern University |
| B.S. | Northwestern University |
Unstoried: Teaching Literature in the Age of Performance Studies (1999); essays and book chapters in Shakespeare Quarterly, Text and Performance Quarterly, Theatre Annual, Opening Acts (2006), The Sage Handbook of Performance Studies (2006), and Shakespeare and the Interpretive Tradition (1999)
| 2014 | Non-Equity Jeff Award Nominee, New Adaptation |
| 2013 | Non-Equity Jeff Award, New Adaptation |
| 2007-10 | Charles Deering McCormick Professor of Teaching Excellence |
| 2002 | Northwestern University Alumni Excellence in Teaching Award |
| 2001 | Northwestern Alumni Association Excellence in Teaching Award |
| 2001 | The Lilla A. Heston Award from the National Communication Association for outstanding scholarship in performance studies |
| 1997 | The Leslie Irene Coger Award from the National Communication Association for lifetime achievement in performance studies |
| 224 | Adapting Narrative for Group Performance |
| 318-1 | Shakespeare’s English Histories |
| 318-2 | Shakespeare Adaptations |
| 321 | Performing the American Fifties |
