JOSEPH REED (USA, Florida, Saint Petersburg b. 1932) |
Joseph W. Reed was born on 31 May 1932 at Saint Petersburg FL. He was educated at Saint Petersburg public schools; Yale University BA 1954, MA 1958, PhD 1961. He engaged with the following institutions: undergraduate bursary assistant of Boswell Papers (1951-1954); researcher, ms. of BoswellΥs Life of Johnson (1956); manuscript cataloguer, Rare Book Room, Yale Library (1956-1957); research assistant, Yale Edition of Walpole's Correspondence (1957-1960); Wesleyan University, instructor (1960); assistant professor (1961); associate professor (1967); professor of English (1971); chairman of English (1971-1973, 1975-1976); visiting lecturer, Yale lecturer, U. S. Department of State and USIS: Toronto, New Delhi, Calcutta, Kathmandu. Guest of honor, con- ference of North Indian Faulknerians (1974); acting director of American Studies (1985-1986); professor of English & American Studies (1986); acting director film program (1993).