Ruth J. Simmons

Ruth J. Simmons

female, 64 years old
President of Brown University, Academic, Literatureeducator, Brown Daily Herald, Harvard Centennial Medal recipient, Harvard University alumni
Ruth J. Simmons (born 1945 in Grapeland, Texas), is the 18th president of Brown University and first black president of an Ivy League institution....
John Ciardi

John Ciardi

male, deceased (1986)
Bates College, Tufts University, American military personnel of World War II, columnist, Television presenter, University of Missouri–Kansas City faculty…Literatureeducator
John Anthony Ciardi (June 24, 1916 - March 30, 1986) was an American poet, translator, and etymologist. John Ciardi was primarily a poet, but he...
Carol T. Christ

Carol T. Christ

female, 65 years old
Literatureeducator, Board of Director, American university and college president, University of California, Berkeley faculty, English, teacher…Victorian literature, norton anthology of english literature, english literature
Carol Tecla Christ (b. 1944) is a scholar of Victorian literature and English Literature in general. She is past editor of the "Norton Anthology of...
Hans Ulrich Gumbrecht

Hans Ulrich Gumbrecht

male, 61 years old
Literatureeducator, German-American, Stanford University faculty, konstanz, salamanca, Ph.D.…comparative literature
Hans Ulrich Gumbrecht is a German-born American literary theorist and currently the Albert Guérard Professor in Literature in the Departments of C...
Elaine Tuttle Hansen

Elaine Tuttle Hansen

female
Literatureeducator, Hamilton College faculty, Mount Holyoke College alumni, President of Bates College, University of Minnesota alumni, English…Educator
Elaine Tuttle Hansen is the president of Bates College in Lewiston, Maine, a position she has held since 2002. Hansen graduated "cum laude", Phi...
Larry McCaffery

Larry McCaffery

male
San Diego State University faculty, Literatureeducator, teacher, Samuel Delany, The Twofold Vibration, Fiction International…comparative literature
Larry McCaffery is a literary critic, editor, and professor of English and Comparative Literature at San Diego State University. McCaffery's work...
Judith Butler

Judith Butler

female, 53 years old
lesbian, philosopher, state violence, From Cleveland, Jewish person, zionist…Literatureeducator, comparative literature
Judith Butler (born February 24, 1956) is an American post-structuralist philosopher who has contributed to the fields of feminism, queer theory,...
Gerhard Rohlfs

Gerhard Rohlfs

male, deceased (1986)
linguist, German, Literatureeducator, University of Munich faculty, Linguistics educator, Tubingen
Gerhard Rohlfs taught Romance languages and literature at the universities of Tübingen and Munich in Germany. He was described as an "archeologist o...
Pieter Burmann The Younger

Pieter Burmann The Younger

male, deceased (1788)
Literatureeducator, History Teacher, Utrecht University alumni, Philologist, philology, leiden
Pieter Burmann (October 13, 1714 - June 24, 1778), called by himself the Younger ("Secundus") to distinguish himself from his uncle, was a Dutch...