Felicia F. Campbell
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Felicia Florine Campbell (April 18, 1931 – July 27, 2020)
Life and career
Born in Cuba City, Wisconsin, she received a B.S. in English from the University of Wisconsin, Madison in 1954, and a M.S. in English from the same university in 1957. She was one of the first female officer candidates in the United States Marine Corps.[1] She later received a Ph.D. from the United States International University, San Diego, in 1973 with a thesis "The Gambling Mystique, Mythologies and Typologies".[5]
Campbell joined the Southern Regional Division of Nevada's university system in 1962, five years after its inception. She expanded course offerings to include science fiction and popular culture at a time when only one other U.S. professor, Ray B. Browne, dared to so expand the traditional English Literature degree program. Later, Campbell directed the Asian Studies program at the university.
Campbell is founder in 1989 of the Far West Popular Culture and American Culture Associations and editor for 20 years of the bi-annual academic peer reviewed journal
She died from COVID-19 in Las Vegas during the COVID-19 pandemic in Nevada.[1]
References
- ^ a b c d Przybys, John (2020-08-04). "Beloved UNLV English professor taken by COVID-19 complications". Las Vegas Review-Journal. Retrieved 2020-08-05.
- ^ "Felicia Florine Campbell 1931 – 2020". Retrieved 2 September 2020.
- ^ Las Vegas Review-Journal http://www.reviewjournal.com/news/education/unlv-professor-passes-along-lessons-lifetime-teaching
- ^ http://news.unlv.edu/article/guts-word (UNLV magazine, Spring 2008)
- ^ Official university CV http://english.unlv.edu/faculty/vitas/campbell.pdf
- ^ "Department of English | Department of English | University of Nevada, Las Vegas". 28 April 2017.