Ruoff, A. LaVonne Brown
RUOFF, A. LaVonne Brown
RUOFF, A. LaVonne Brown. American, b. 1930. Genres: Literary criticism and history, Young adult non-fiction, Bibliography. Career: University of Illinois, Chicago, instructor in English, 1956-57; Roosevelt University, Chicago, instructor, 1961-62, assistant professor of English, 1962-66; University of Illinois, assistant professor, 1966-69, associate professor, 1969- 81, professor of English, 1981-94, professor emerita, 1994-; Newberry Library, D'Arcy McNickle Center for American Indian History, interim director, 1999-2000. National Endowment for the Humanities, director of Summer Seminar for College Teachers on American Indian Literature, 1979, 1983, 1989, 1994. Publications: (ed.) E. Pauline Johnson, The Moccasin Maker (young adult), 1987; American Indian Literatures, 1990; Literatures of the American Indian (young adult), 1990; (ed. with J.W. Ward Jr.) Redefining American Literary History, 1990; (ed.) S. Alice Callahan, Wynema (young adult), 1997; (ed. with D. Smith) George Copway, Life, Letters and Speeches, 1997; (ed.) From the Deep Woods to Civilization and Excerpts from Indian Boyhood (young adult), 2001. Contributor to books and periodicals. Online address: [email protected]