Dr. James Forse, Professor and Adjunct Professor of Theatre and Acting Department Chair, 2009-10 (Ph.D., University of Illinois, 1967).  Dr. Forse's research and teaching focus on Medieval and Renaissance Europe. He is the author of Art Imitates Business: Commerical and Political Influence in Elizabethan Theatre (Bowling Green State University Press, 1993), and articles which have appeared in German History, The Journal of Medival History, SRASP, Journal of Popular Culture, and Theatre Survey .  His current research interests include tenth-century church history and the history of sixteenth-century English theatre.