Catharine R. Stimpson (born June 4, 1936 in

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) is a feminist scholar, University Professor, professor of English, and dean emerita of the Graduate School of Arts and Science at

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Academic career

Stimpson did her undergraduate studies at

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and earned graduate degrees from

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and

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. She was the founding editor in 1975 of '' Signs: Journal of Women in Culture and Society''. Stimpson began her academic career at

Barnard College Barnard College is a Private college, private Women's colleges in the United States, women's Liberal arts colleges in the United States, liberal arts college affiliated with Columbia University in New York City. It was founded in 1889 by a grou ...

, where she was founding director of the

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in 1971. In 1980, she became Professor of English at

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, where she also led the Institute for Research on Women, was Dean of the Graduate School and Vice Provost for Graduate Education, and University Professor. After a leave from Rutgers to serve as Director of the

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, she became University Professor and Dean of the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences at

in 1998. In 2010, she became Dean Emerita at NYU, where she has appointments in the Department of English, the Steinhardt Institute for Higher Education Policy, and the Law School.Faculty profile
, Dept. of English, NYU
faculty profile
NYU School of Law, retrieved 2017-10-16. In 1990, she was president of the

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and in 1999-2000 she was president of the Association of Graduate Schools of the

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MacArthur Fellows

As director of the

from 1993 to 1997, Stimpson helped the program move from recognizing already established scholars to the more contemporary form of today.
"MacArthur 'Genius' Grants Get Some Heat and a New Head," New York Times 12/9/1997.

Bibliography

In addition to being the founding editor of '' Signs (journal), Signs'', Stimpson has written two books, edited seven books, and published over 150 monographs, essays, stories, and reviews.

References

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