Dr. Allen M. Loomis is a scholar of 16th-century British literature, specializing in domestic architecture, material culture, and drama. Allen’s research explores how the advent of transparent window glass transformed domestic spaces in early modern England. He introduces the concept of “domestic theatricality” to theorize how transparent glass windows shaped early modern subjectivity by positioning inhabitants as spectators of street life and as spectacles for public view. He teaches Shakespeare, drama, and writing at Binghamton University and Siena College. 

Allen earned his Ph.D. in English, General Literature and Rhetoric from Binghamton University (2024), and his M.A. and B.A. in English Language and Literature from Loyola University Chicago (2020, 2019). His published works include “Elizabeth Tudor’s Domestic Theatricality in the Windows of Kenilworth Castle” in Explorations in Renaissance Culture (2024), “Crystal Casements and Shattered Panes: Staging Window Glass in Early Modern England” is forthcoming in Studies in Philology (2026), and “Window Gazing in Thomas Middleton’s The Triumphs of Integrity” which is currently being revised and resubmitted at Early Theater. He has also written for the Corning Museum of Glass Blog and has been on two popular podcasts: That Shakespeare Life and Talking Tudors.