Mckinsey, Elizabeth

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MCKINSEY, Elizabeth

MCKINSEY, Elizabeth. American, b. 1947. Genres: Education, Literary criticism and history. Career: Bryn Mawr College, Bryn Mawr, PA, assistant professor, 1975-77; Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, assistant professor, 1977-82, associate professor of English, 1982-86, senior lecturer, 1986-89; Radcliffe College, Cambridge, director of Bunting Institute, 1985-89; Carleton College, Northfield, MN, dean of the college, 1989-2002, professor of English and American studies, 1989-; writer. Publications: The Western Experiment: New England Transcendentalists in the Ohio Valley, 1973; Niagara Falls: Icon of the American Sublime, 1985. Contributor to periodicals. Address: Carleton College, 1 N College St, Northfield, MN 55057, U.S.A.

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