KEHLER, Dorothea 1936-

PERSONAL: Surname rhymes with "Taylor"; born April 21, 1936, in New York, NY; married twice (widowed); children: Paul Dolid, Eve Espey, Jessica Kehler, Edward Kehler. Education: City College (now of the City University of New York), B.A., 1956; Ohio University, M.A., 1967, Ph.D., 1969. Politics: Democrat. Hobbies and other interests: Travel, piano, gardening, film, theater.

ADDRESSES: Home—La Jolla, CA. Office—Department of English and Comparative Literature, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA 92182-8140; fax 619-594-4998. E-mail—[email protected].

CAREER: Educator. MacMurray College, Jacksonville, IL, instructor in English literature, 1964-65; Ohio University, Athens, lecturer, 1966-68; San Diego State University, San Diego, CA, began as lecturer, became professor of English literature, 1969—.

MEMBER: International Shakespeare Association, Shakespeare Association of America, Pacific Ancient and Modern Language Association, Rocky Mountain Modern Language Association, Southeastern Renaissance Conference, Phi Beta Kappa.

AWARDS, HONORS: National Endowment for the Humanities fellowship at Harvard University, 1983; Folger Library travel grant, 1988.

WRITINGS:

Problems in Literary Research: A Guide to Selected Reference Works, Scarecrow Press (Metuchen, NJ), 1975, 4th edition, 1997.

(Editor, with Susan Baker, and contributor) In Another Country: Feminist Perspectives on Renaissance Drama, Scarecrow Press (Metuchen, NJ), 1991.

(Editor and contributor) "A Midsummer Night's Dream": Critical Essays, Garland Publishing (New York, NY), 1998.

(Editor, with Laurel Amtower) The Single Woman in Medieval and Early Modern England: Her Life and Representation, Arizona Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies, Arizona State University (Tempe, AZ), in press.

Contributor to books, including Traditions and Innovations: Essays on British Literature of the Renaissance and Middle Ages, edited by David G. Allen and Robert A. White, University of Delaware Press (East Brunswick, NJ), 1990; Studies in Anglo-Irish Fiction and Balladry, Nova University, (Fort Lauderdale, FL), 1994; "Titus Andronicus": Critical Essays, edited by Philip Kolin, Garland Publishing (New York, NY), 1995; Reader's Guide to Literature in English, edited by Mark Hawkins-Dady, Fitzroy Dearborn (London, England), 1996; and Approaches to Teaching Shakespeare's "Romeo and Juliet," edited by Maurice Hunt, Modern Language Association of America (New York, NY), 2000. Contributor of articles and reviews to academic journals, including Renaissance Papers, Explicator, English Language Notes, American Transcendental Quarterly, Upstart Crow, Rocky Mountain Review of Language and Literature, Weber Studies, Shakespeare Quarterly, Working Papers in Irish Studies, and Comparatist. Member of advisory board, Hamlet Studies, 1998—.

WORK IN PROGRESS: Unheaded Women: Constructing Shakespeare's Widows, completion expected in 2004.