Education:
Ph.D., Harvard University - 1969 (English and American Literature)
M.A., Harvard University - 1965 (English and American Literature)
A.B., Cornell University - 1963 (English (with honors))
Areas of Expertise:
Ellen Tremper has published articles on Henry James, children's literature and Virginia Woolf. Her first book is 'Who Lived at Alfoxton?' Virginia Woolf and English Romanticism (Bucknell University Press, 1998). I'm No Angel: The Blonde in Fiction and Film (University of Virginia Press, 2006) was named an Outstanding Academic Title by Choice Magazine for 2006. It received an Honorable Mention from the Popular Culture Association of America for 2006.
Books and Publications
"'The Journal of Mistress Joan Martyn' and Wordsworth's 'Guide to the Lakes.'" Short Story Criticism 79. Detroit: The Gale Group. (Reprinted from 'Who Lived at Alfoxton?': Virginia Woolf and English Romanticism. Lewisburg, Pa.: Bucknell University Press, 1998. (Books and Publications: Article (Other)) 2006
I'm No Angel: The Blonde in Fiction and Film. Charlottesville, Va: University of Virginia Press. (Books and Publications: Book (Authored)) 2006
Awards, Honors and Fellowships
Honorable Mention in the "Glimmer Train" Open Fiction Contest (December 2008) for the story "Conversions of the Jew." (Awards and Honors) 2009
Emily Toth Award, Single Author/Monograph, Women's Studies, from Popular Culture Association/American Culture Association, for I'm No Angel: The Blonde in Fiction and Film. (Awards and Honors) 2007
Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums
"I'm No Angel: The Blonde in Fiction and Film." IRPE, Brooklyn College. March 8. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2007
"I'm No Angel: The Blonde in Fiction and Film." Jewish Association for Services for the Aged. March 25. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2007
"I'm No Angel: The Blonde in Fiction and Film." Pomona College. Claremont, Calif., April 5. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2007
Professional Leadership
Member, Committee on Committees, Faculty Council, 2007-present. (Professional Leadership: Organizational Leadership Position) 2007
Chairwoman, Department of English, 2000-present. (Professional Leadership: Organizational Leadership Position) 2000
Other Professional Activities
National Public Radio, interviewed by Susan Stamberg, special reporter, about blondes in Hollywood, March 7. 2007