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Education:
Ph.D. University of Minnesota,
Minneapolis, English Major, Art History Minor, 1971.
M.A. University of Illinois, Urbana,
English Major, 1962.
B.A. University of Illinois, Urbana,
English Major, Philosophy/French Minors, 1961.
Teaching Experience:
Professor in English, Knox College, 1986-present.
Associate Professor, Knox College, 1977-1986.
Assistant Professor, Knox College, 1971-1977.
Instructor, Knox College, 1968-1971.
Counselor and Administrator for the College
English Committee, University of Minnesota, Arts College.
Counselor and Administrator for the Scholastic
Committee, University of Minnesota, Arts College.
Teaching Associate , University of Minnesota.
Recent Publications:
"Pole Stars and Pyramids in Tillie Olsen's 'Tell Me A Riddle,'"
American Notes & Queries, January/February 1986. Reprinted in
The Critical Response to Tillie Olsen, eds. Nelson and Huse, Greenwood:
Westport, CT, 1994.
"Quixote Figures in the Novels of Sterne," Essays in Literature,
Spring 1985.
"The Quixote Figure in the Novels of Tobias Smollett,"
Durham University Journal, Spring 1979.
Recent Honors:
1990-91: Center for Advanced Studies support grant, University of Iowa.
1986-88: Director and co-author, Joyce Foundation three year curriculum
and faculty development grant.
1984: University House support grant, University of Iowa.
1981: Midwest Faculty Occasional Fellowship, University of Chicago.
Work In Progress:
Tillie Olsen's short fiction; genre films:
Western and Film Noir; cultural clashes between natives and
settlers in American Westerns; the films of New Zealand and
Australia.
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