Toni McNaron papers 1980-2007
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McNaron, Toni A. H.
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Toni A. H. McNaron was born on April 3, 1937 in Alabama. She earned her B.A. degree in 1958 from the University of Alabama, her M.A. from Vanderbilt University in 1960 and her Ph.D. in 1964 from the University of Wisconsin. Dr. McNaron was an instructor at All Saints' College (Vicksburg, MS) (1959-1961) and a teaching assistant at the University of Wisconsin (1961-1963) before joining the faculty at the University of Minnesota as assistant professor of English in 1964. She was promo...
University of Minnesota. Dept. of English.
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Courses in English at the University of Minnesota were first taught at the collegiate level in 1869. The Department of English was established in 1885, with George Edward MacLean appointed as chair. The first Ph.D. in English was awarded in 1897, eight years before the organization of the Graduate School at the University. The department originally focused its teaching on the English language and literature, as well as rhetoric, but expanded over the years to include modern literature and creati...
