Catharine R Stimpson

Ph.D.1967, Columbia; M.A. 1966, Cambridge; B.A. 1960, Cambridge; B.A. 1958, Bryn Mawr. University Professor and Dean of the Graduate School of Arts and Science at New York University. From January, 1994, to October, 1997, she served as Director of the Fellows Program at the MacArthur Foundation in Chicago. Simultaneously, she was on leave from her position as University Professor at Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey-New Brunswick, where, from 1986-1992, she was also dean of the Graduate School and Vice Provost for Graduate Education. Before going to Rutgers, she taught at Barnard College, where she was also the first director of its Women's Center. Born in Bellingham, Washington. Modern Language Association (past president), Association of Graduate Schools (past president), Modern Language Association, P.E.N., Phi Beta Kappa (honorary). Rockefeller Humanities Fellowship, NEH Demonstration Grant, National Humanities Institute Grant, Lilly Foundation Grant, Department of Housing and Urban Development Grant, Rockefeller Foundation Grant, Exxon Foundation Grant, Ford Foundation Grant, Fulbright Fellow, Woodrow Wilson Fellow.