Roman, Camille 1948-

PERSONAL:

Born February 18, 1948, in La Platta, MD; daughter of Arthur (a musician and educator) and Lanelle (a musician and educator) Roman; married Chris Frigon (a musician), August 9, 1975. Education: University of Michigan, B.A., 1970; Boston College, M.A. (with distinction), 1985; Brown University, Ph.D., 1990.

ADDRESSES:

Home—Portland, OR. Office—Department of English, Washington State University, Pullman, WA 99164. E-mail—[email protected].

CAREER:

Patriot Ledger, Quincy, MA, feature writer and editor, 1969-72; Cambridge Public Library, Cambridge, MA, community relations director, 1972-73; Franklin Perkins School for Exceptional Children, Lancaster, MA, public information director, 1975-1976; G.K. Hall & Co. (publishing company), Boston, MA, publicity coordinator, 1976-78; Aquinas College, Newton, MA, instructor, 1978-85; Brown University, Providence, RI, adjunct instructor, 1990-92, faculty affiliate of Pembroke Center for Teaching and Research on Women, 1991-92; Washington State University, Pullman, assistant professor, 1992-99, associate professor of English and American Studies, 1999—, and women's studies, 2002—. Bernay-Women in Communications Essay Award, administrative assistant, 1974; Bernays-Babson Homemaker Equity Award Competition, administrative assistant, 1978; Brown University, visiting scholar, between 1996 and 2000; Potchefstroomse Universiteit, South Africa, visiting faculty member, 1994-95; conference participant in the United States and abroad; public speaker.

MEMBER:

Modern Language Association of America, Elizabeth Bishop Society, Society for the Study of American Women Writers, Robert Frost Society (president, 2007-08), American Literature Association.

AWARDS, HONORS:

National John Cotton Dana Library Public Relations Award; Jean Starr Untermeyer Prize, 1989; grant from Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada, 1998; cited for "outstanding academic title," Choice, 2003, for The New Anthology of American Poetry, Volume 1: Traditions and Revolutions: Beginnings to 1900.

WRITINGS:

(Editor, with Chris Frigon) Downhome Blues Lyrics: An Anthology from the Post-World War II Era, Twayne Publishers (New York, NY), 1981.

(Editor, with Chris Frigon) Sonny Rollins: The Journey of a Jazzman, Twayne Publishers (New York, NY), 1983.

(Editor, with Chris Frigon) Claude Debussy and Twentieth-Century Music, Twayne Publishers (New York, NY), 1983.

(Editor, with Chris Frigon) Carlos Chavez: Mexico's Modern Day Orpheus, Twayne Publishers (New York, NY), 1983.

(Editor, with Chris Frigon) Black Women Composers: A Genesis, Twayne Publishers (New York, NY), 1983.

(Editor, with Chris Frigon) The Beatles: A Musical Evolution, Twayne Publishers (New York, NY), 1983.

(Editor, with Chris Frigon) Olivier Messiaen, Twayne Publishers (New York, NY), 1984.

(Editor, with Chris Frigon) Lester Young, Twayne Publishers (New York, NY), 1985.

(Editor, with Suzanne Juhasz and Christanne Miller, and contributor) The Women and Language Debate: A Sourcebook, Rutgers University Press (New Brunswick, NJ), 1994.

Elizabeth Bishop's World War II-Cold War View, Palgrave Macmillan (New York, NY), 2001.

(Editor, with Steven Axelrod and Thomas Travisano) The New Anthology of American Poetry, Rutgers University Press (New Brunswick, NJ), Volume 1: Traditions and Evolutions: Beginnings to 1900, 2002, Volume 2: Modernisms, 1900 to 1950, 2004.

Work represented in anthologies, including "In Worcester, Massachusetts:" New Essays on Elizabeth Bishop, Peter Lang (New York, NY), 1999; and Divisions of the Heart, Gaspereau Press (Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada), 2001. Founding general coeditor, "Twayne's Music Book Series," Twayne Publishers. Contributor of articles and reviews to periodicals, including Matrix, Robert Frost Review, D.H. Lawrence Review, American Studies International, Elizabeth Bishop Society Bulletin, Yearbook of Interdisciplinary Studies in the Fine Arts, Englishes, Journal of War, Literature, and the Arts, and Pacific Coast Philology. Contributor of essay to New England Aquarium Journal. Member of editorial board, Twentieth-Century Literature. Member of editorial collective, Frontiers: Journal of Women's Studies, 1995-98.

SIDELIGHTS:

Camille Roman told CA: "I write to experience adventure, to unravel a mystery, question, or puzzle until I am satisfied, and to create ‘moments’ of beauty and ‘ah-ha!’ The act of writing itself is transporting and endlessly soothing and enriching."