Coppélia Kahn
Coppélia Huber Kahn (born 1939) is
Personal life and education
Kahn was born in 1939 in Seattle. Her parents were Louis Reichert, a journalist, and Hazel Huber (née Ferguson), a housewife.[1] She married Judd Kahn on December 26, 1963, but they were divorced on October 1, 1982. She married Avi Wortis on June 21, 1986. Kahn has one child (a son).[2]
Kahn graduated
Career history
Kahn started her career in the English department at the University of California, Berkeley where she held roles as a teaching assistant, acting instructor, and lecturer between 1962 and 1972 while working on her MA and PhD.[1] In 1972 she moved to the English department at Wesleyan University where she held positions as assistant professor (1972–1978), associate professor (1978–1985), and full professor (1985–1987).[2][1] Since 1987 she has been a professor (currently Emerita) in the English department at Brown University.[2][1][3]
In the fall of 1983 she was a visiting associate professor at
Notes
- ^ Kahn won a scholarship to Barnard College from the Seven College Conference Scholarship Program.[3] The Conference each year makes scholarships available to girls in 14 states in the western US. The program's Field Director travels extensively in these states to make schools and students familiar with the program and the colleges participating in it.[4]
References
Sources
- "Coppelia Kahn". Gale Research. 2002 – via Biography in Context.
- "Coppelia Kahn". Gale Research. 2002 – via Biography in Context.
- Kahn, Coppelia (n.d.). "Coppelia Kahn". Researchers@Brown. Brown University. Retrieved October 13, 2018.
- "Person, Place and Thing". Vassar Quarterly. Vol. XLVIII, no. 2. Vassar College. December 1, 1962.