Professor Emerita, Georgetown University, Washington, D.C. (1999 to Present)

Professor, Department of English, Georgetown University (1990-1999)

Associate Professor, Department of English, Georgetown University (1978-1990)

Visiting Associate Professor, Department of English, Georgetown University (1977-78)

Associate Professor, Department of English, State University of New York at New Paltz (1968-1977)

Assistant Professor, Department of English, St. Mary’s College, Moraga California (1964-1968)

Instructor, Department of English, Vassar College (1961-1963)

Education

Ph.D.   Yale University   (1965)
M.A.    Yale University   (1959)
B.A.     Marymount Manhattan College   (1957)

Memberships

Cosmos Club, Washington, D.C.
Emily Dickinson International Society
Co-Founder of EDIS, Washington D.C. Chapter
Scholarly Committee of the American Council of Trustees and Alumni (ACTA)

Personal

I have been married since 1962 to Dr. George F. Farr, former Director of the Division of Preservation and Access at the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH). We have one son, Alec Winfield Farr, an attorney, who is a partner in a law firm in the District of Columbia, and we have twin grandchildren.