Panel chair: William Rampone, South Carolina State University Tara Olivero, Ball State University, “Shakespeare and the Nineteenth Century American Middletown” Jason Demeter, Marymount University, “‘That is Why He is Called a Poet’: James Baldwin’s Shakespeare” Maria-Josee Mendez, University of Southern California, “Shakespeare in La Mancha and Las Pampas: An Analysis of Shakespearean Influence on Spanish Language Texts