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Peer reviewedFreedman, Morris – American Scholar, 1980
A personal memoir of Marjorie Hope Nicolson and the graduate English department she headed at Columbia University in the 1940s and 1950s. (SJL)
Descriptors: Biographies, Department Heads, Doctoral Programs, Educational History
Nelms, Gerald – 1992
The accomplishments of Janet Emig constitute perhaps the most influential contribution to the study of how humans compose discourse and how teachers should help them. Her background prepared her for her initial goal of becoming a medical doctor, but she determined to study literature because of its enduring interest to her. As a graduate student…
Descriptors: Biographies, College English, Educational History, Educational Research
