Robinson, Lillian S.

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ROBINSON, Lillian S.

ROBINSON, Lillian S. American, b. 1941. Genres: Women's studies and issues. Career: Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, instructor in humanities, 1969-; State University of New York at Buffalo, assistant professor, 1972-76, associate professor of American studies, 1976-79; Wellesley College, Wellesley, MA, visiting fellow, 1982; University of Tulsa, Tulsa, OK, visiting professor of English, 1983; Albright College, Reading, PA, distinguished professor of humanities, 1984-86; Scripps College, Claremont, CA, H. B. Alexander Professor of Humanities, 1987; San Diego State University, San Diego, CA, visiting professor of women's studies, 1989; University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, Citizen's Professor of English, 1989-90; University of Texas at Austin, visiting professor of English, 1990- 93; Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Garvin Professor of English, 1993-95; East Carolina University, Greenville, NC, professor of English and women's studies, 1995-. Universite de Paris III, visiting professor of American civilization, 1977-79; Stanford University, affiliated scholar at Institute for Research on Women and Gender, 1980-90; University of Tulsa, visiting fellow, 1992. Publications: Sex, Class, and Culture, 1978; (Coauthor) Feminist Scholarship, 1985; Monstrous Regiment, 1985; (ed.) Modern Women Writers, 1996; In the Canon's Mouth, 1997; Murder Most Puzzling (novel), 1998; (Coauthor) Meat Market: Sexual Cultures and the Thai Economic Miracle, 1998. Author of poetry chapbooks. Contributor to periodicals. Address: Department of English, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC 27858, U.S.A. Online address: [email protected]

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