Annette Van Dyke
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Annette Van Dyke | |
|---|---|
| Born | November 9, 1943 Sacramento, California, U.S. |
| Children | 2 |
| Academic background | |
| Alma mater | Whitworth College Eastern Washington University University of Minnesota |
| Doctoral advisor | Gayle Graham Yates |
| Academic work | |
| Discipline | Women's studies |
| Institutions | University of Cincinnati Denison University University of Illinois Springfield |
Annette Joy Van Dyke (born November 9, 1943) is an American women's studies academic who was a professor of interdisciplinary and women's studies at the University of Illinois Springfield from 1993 to 2010. She was president of the National Women's Studies Association from 2000 to 2001.
Van Dyke was born on November 9, 1943, in Sacramento, California to Joy and Wallace F. Van Dyke.[1] Her father was a U.S. Air Force officer.[1] She earned a B.A. cum laude from Whitworth College in 1970.[1] She received a M.A. in English from Eastern Washington University in 1972.[1]
Van Dyke told Contemporary Authors:[1]
When I earned my master's degree in English in the 1970s, I had not been assigned to read one woman writer. My passion has been to change that. My work as a literary critic is centered on women writers, especially those who come from non-mainstream American cultures such as lesbian writers and Native American women writers. My own experiments with writing the murder mystery have taught me a lot about writing, making me a better resource for my students.
From 1978 to 1981, Van Dyke was an instructor in English and academic counselor at Bemidji State University.[1] She completed a Ph.D. in American studies at the University of Minnesota in 1987.[1][2] Her dissertation was titled, Feminist Curing Ceremonies: The Goddess in Contemporary Spiritual Traditions.[3] Gayle Graham Yates was her doctoral advisor.[3]
