Carol Curt Enos's fascination with the historical context and religion of Shakespeare was kindled while teaching English at Lawrence (KS) High School and during residence in Oxford, England, leading to an M.S. thesis at University of Kansas, published as Shakespeare and the Catholic Religion (Dorrance, 2000). She has since published many papers and books on the subject and other related topics. She, her husband Paul, and their four children lived abroad for many years and traveled the world in relation to his work as a geologist.