Trela, D(ale) J(ohn)

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TRELA, D(ale) J(ohn)

TRELA, D(ale) J(ohn). American, b. 1958. Genres: History, Literary criticism and history. Career: Pan American University, Edinburg, TX, teacher of English, 1985-87; DePaul University, Chicago, IL, teacher of composition and rhetoric, 1987-89; College of St. Francis, Joliet, IL, teacher, 1988-89; Roosevelt University, Chicago, assistant professor, 1989-94, associate professor of English, 1994-, department head, 1990-93, director of School of Liberal Studies, 1994-99; University of Michigan, Flint, dean of College of Arts & Sciences, 1999-. University of California, Santa Cruz, Norman and Charlotte Strouse Lecturer, 1989. Tour organizer and leader, Edinburgh International Festival. Publications: A History of Thomas Carlyle's "Oliver Cromwell's Letters and Speeches," 1992. EDITOR & CONTRIBUTOR: Margaret Oliphant: Critical Essays on a Gentle Subversive, 1995; (with D. Mancoff) Victorian Urban Settings: The Nineteenth-Century City and Its Contexts, 1996; (with R. Tarr) Critical Response to Thomas Carlyle's Major Works, 1996; (with J. Brattin and C. deL. Ryals) Thomas Carlyle's Past and Present, forthcoming. Contributor to books. Contributor of articles and reviews to academic journals. Address: Office of the Dean, University of Michigan, 410 French Hall, Flint, MI 48502-1950, U.S.A. Online address: [email protected]