PhD, Literature, University of London;
BA, Summa Cum Laude, Cornell University

A feminist activist and writer, I have combined these activities with being a university professor since 1969. It’s all connected: imagining and reading about change, being skeptical about the meaning of particular social changes, being part of change. What I wish for my students: action and criticism of the action taken, engagement and distance, and, finally, pleasure in this inside/outside life.

• The Fiction of Men and Women
• Introduction to Feminist Thought and Action
• The Personal Essay
• Introduction to the Novel
• Story
• Introduction to the MA in Gender Studies and Feminist Theory (Graduate Faculty)
• The Sixties: From Liberation Movements to Identity Politics (Graduate Faculty)
• Literary Conversations Between Men and Women (Graduate Faculty)

• The Feminist Memoir Project, edited with Rachel Blau Duplessis
• Lectures 2004-2005:
  Krakow and Gdansk, Poland; Tirana, Albania; Cluj, Romania;
  “Solidarity at 25: the Gender Question,” The New School;
  “In Praise of Carole Vance,” CLAGS, CUNY Graduate Center. 
  Pieces on “Feminist Futures in the Former East Bloc” and “Cautionary Tales” about East-West organizing, translated into Polish and Russian.
• Reviews: Women’s Review of Books.

Feminism in East and Central Europe since 1989; Feminist theory/ intellectual history of contemporary feminism; The personal essay.

• Co-founder and Board Member of the Network of East-West Women (NEWW)
• Co-founder (with Drucilla Cornell) of Take Back the Future
• MLA
• National Writers Union
• Editorial Board, Dissent