Jennifer Tuttle presents Distinguished Alumni Lecture at UC San Diego

Jennifer Tuttle, Ph.D., Dorothy M. Healy Chair in Literature & Health and professor of English, will present the Distinguished Alumni Lecture at the University of California, San Diego, Department of Literature, on Monday, May 20, 2013.

Her talk, "Charlotte Perkins Gilman and the U.S. West," surveys her extensive body of work on Gilman, in which she has argued for a radical shift in the regional framework critics use in Gilman studies. In this presentation, Tuttle highlights the western origins of Gilman’s utopian texts and reformist ideals, thereby illuminating the western underpinnings of the women's movement and contributing to the ongoing recovery of women's voices in western U.S. literature.

Established in 2001, the Department of Literature's Distinguished Alumni Lecture Series recognizes UCSD Literature alumni who, through their lifetime achievement and professional accomplishments, have brought honor and renown to the Department.

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