BEATTIE, L(inda) Elisabeth

BEATTIE, L(inda) Elisabeth. American, b. 1953. Genres: Women's studies and issues. Career: Director of a holiday home for the handicapped elderly in Chigwell, England, 1974; George Washington University, Washington, DC, administrative assistant in Oral History Program, 1978-79; Alston Wilkes Society, Columbia, SC, public information specialist, 1980-81; Bruccoli Clark Research, Columbia, editor and copy editor, 1981-82; Retired Senior Volunteer Program, Columbia, assistant director, 1982-84; Bellarmine College, Louisville, KY, adjunct instructor in English literature and composition, 1988-89; high school teacher of English and journalism in Shelbyville, KY, 1989-90; Elizabethtown Community College, Elizabethtown, KY, instructor, 1990-91, assistant professor, 199197, associate professor of English and journalism, 1997-99; Midway College, Midway, KY, associate professor of English, writer in residence, and shares Robert L. Botkin Chair, 1999-. Kentucky Writers' Oral History Project, director, 1990-; University of Kentucky, associate of Appalachian Center, 1996-99; Kentucky Humanities Council, featured speaker, 1998-99. Publications: Conversations with Kentucky Writers, 1996; Savory Memories, 1998; Conversations with Kentucky Writers II, 1999; (with M.A. Shaughnessy) Sisters in Pain: Battered Women Fight Back, 2000. Work represented in anthologies. Contributor of articles and reviews to periodicals. Address: Midway College, 512 East Stephens St., Midway, KY 40347, U.S.A. Online address: [email protected]