Kolodny, Annette, 1941-....

Annette Kolodny received her Ph. D. from the University of California, Berkeley in 1969. Kolodny focused on American Literature. She has taught at various universities throughout the United States and Canada. While at the University of British Columbia (1970-1974), Kolodny was instrumental in creating a Women's Studies program, the first academically accredited Women's Studies program in Canada. This program became a model for both the United States and Canada. Kolodny was an associate and assistant professor at the University of New Hampshire (1974-1979). She taught courses in American Literature and Women's Studies. While teaching at the University of New Hampshire, Kolodny was involved in a sexual and religious discrimination suit, one of the earliest Title VII suits. This suit was settled out of court in October 1980, and from the financial award Kolodny founded the National Women's Studies Association Task Force on Academic Discrimination. While at the University of Maryland (1982-1983) and Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) (1983-1988), Kolodny taught American Literature. Annette Kolodny came to the University of Arizona in 1988 and was Dean of Humanities from 1988-1993. She is currently a professor of Comparative Cultural and Literary Studies. Kolodny has received awards from the Guggenheim, Rockefeller, and Ford Foundations, and a fellowship from the National Endowment for the Humanities. She is the author of three books, The Lay of the Land (1975), The Land Before Her (1984), and Failing the Future: A Dean Looks at Higher Education in the 21st Century (1998). Kolodny continues to publish actively in feminist literary criticism, eco-feminism, and feminist frontier studies.

From the description of Papers of Annette Kolodny, 1968- [ongoing]. (University of Arizona). WorldCat record id: 53969254

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