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.
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 1987 to 1988, Van Dyke was an English instructor at Normandale Community College.[1] She served as the associate director of the University of Cincinnati center for women's studies from 1988 to 1990.[1] At Denison University, she was an assistant professor and director of women's studies from 1990 to 1993.[1] From 1990 to 1993, she was the lesbian caucus chair of the National Women's Studies Association (NWSA).[4] In 1993, Van Dyke joined the University of Illinois Springfield as an associate professor and was promoted to professor of interdisciplinary studies and women's studies.[1] She served as the director of individual option and liberal studies programs from 1997 to 1999.[1] Van Dyke was the NWSA president from 2000 to 2001.[2] She retired in 2010 and taught for a year at the Shanghai International Studies University.[5] Van Dyke moved to Portland, Oregon and became an acrylic painter.[5]
Personal life
Van Dyke has two children.[1] Her companion is Cheryl L. Howard.[1] She is lesbian.[1]
1 2 Van Dyke, Annette Joy (1987). Feminist Curing Ceremonies: The Goddess in Contemporary Spiritual Traditions (Ph.D. thesis). University of Minnesota. OCLC24209964.
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