1. Michael Bayer
1403 Greenfield Crossing Ct. Ballwin, MO 63021 / (314) 719-9460 / mbayer2010@gmail.com
EDUCATION
THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO, M.A. in The Master of the Arts Program in the
Humanities (MAPH) (June 2011)
Areas of Concentration: Early Modern English Literature / Drama - Elizabethan and
Jacobean Theater / Cinema and Film Criticism / Political Theory / Philosophy
Thesis: “Amalric I, King of Jerusalem: A Historical Drama in Five Acts” with Dr. Michael
Murrin (May 2011)
DENISON UNIVERSITY, B.A. in English – Literature (2010), cum laude (May 2010)
UNIVERSITY COLLEGE - MAGDALEN, Oxford, United Kingdom (May 2009)
Advanced Studies in England (ASE) Programme, Bath Spa, United Kingdom
Oxford University, Oxford, United Kingdom and Tutorial, “Modernism and Post-
Modernism” with Dr. Matthew Sperling
INDEPENDENT PROJECTS EXPERIENCE
ETC: The Other Theatre Company, Organizing Director/Producer (2008 – 2010)
 The Tragedy of Macbeth: Co-Director (Spring 2008), sponsored by the Denison
University English Department
 The Tragedy of Othello, the Moor of Venice: Director / Producer (Fall 2008),
sponsored by the Denison International Student Association (DISA)
 The Tempest: Director / Producer / Actor (Spring 2010), sponsored by the Denison
University English Department
Student Film Projects – Denison University Cinema Department (Actor, Producer, Crew):
Noir sans noir (2007), Inyo (2008), Your Young Men Shall See Visions (2009), Echtra (2010)
LEADERSHIP / PRIOR EMPLOYMENT EXPERIENCE
The Denisonian, Newspaper Staff Writer, Arts and Entertainment (2006 – 2008)
Our Damnation of Our Damn Nation: a summer stipendiary research position, short story
research piece about post-9/11 America with Dr. Anita Mannur (2007)
Episteme: The Philosophy Journal, Senior Editor / Reviewer (2009 – 2010)
WORK EXPERIENCE
Parkway School Districts – St. Louis, MO, Summer Employee (2006)
Denison University Physical Plant, Building Services Employee (2008)
Above All Personnel, Temporary Work (August 2013 – present)
Des Peres 14 Cinema, Guest Service Host / Crew Chief (April 2014 – July 2015)
COMPUTEREXPERIENCE AND SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS
 Microsoft Office Literacy (Word, Excel, PowerPoint) & E-Book / PDF Scanning
 Copy-editing of advance drafts of essays for journal publications
 Produced, directed, acted in and provided dramaturgy for three full-scale stage
productions, overseeing every department from conception to debut

2. REFERENCE LIST
Above All Personnel, Temporary Work Services
1712 S. Big Bend Blvd.
St. Louis, MO 63117
(314) 781-6008
(314) 781-0432 (Fax)
team@AboveAllPersonnel.com
Hillary Chute, Professor of English – Literature
The University of Chicago
516 Walker Hall
Chicago, IL, 60611
(740) 702-2981
chute@uchicago.edu
Kirk Combe, Professor of English – Literature (Academic Advisor)
100 East College Street, Granville, OH 43023-1100
Department of English, Denison University
(740) 587-6247
combe@denison.edu
Lisa McDonnell, Associate Professor of English – Literature
100 East College Street, Granville, OH 43023-1100
Department of English, Denison University
(740) 587-6401
mccdonnell@denison.edu
Brian Hazel, Professor of English
Birmingham University, UK (ASE Programme)
Advanced Studies in England
2 Pierrepont Street
Bath, BA1 1LB, England
admin@asebath.org