Emeritus Professor
Ph.D., University of Wisconsin

Writing, Rhetoric, and American Cultures
Michigan State University
264 Bessey Hall
East Lansing, Michigan 48824

517/432-2569 (office); 517/353-5250 (fax)
ladenso2@msu.edu

Women's Studies in London England
June 28-August 3, 2003

teaching interests: Jewish-American literature, Jewish Women's Writings and Experiences, Introduction to and senior seminar in Women's Studies, Women's Studies in London (Study Abroad), first-year composition

courses: ENG 344: Jewish-American Literature; WRA 195H Writing: Women and Gender in American Life; WS 490/491: Women's Studies in London: Women and Gender in British Life and Letters; WS 201, Introduction to Women's Studies; WS 302, Jewish Women Writers and Experiences

Ladenson received her PhD in English at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Her teaching experience spans from Jewish-American literature to a variety of Women's Studies courses to first-year writing. Specific courses Ladenson has taught in addition to Tier 1 writing include Women and Gender in American Life, Jewish Women's Writings and Experiences, Jewish-American Literature, the Role of Women in America, and Women Writers of Gothic Horror and Science Fiction. She has been active in Studies Abroad, often teaching Women’s Studies in London. Ladenson presided over the creation and development of the Women's Studies major at MSU and served as Coordinator and then as Director of the Women's Studies Program at Michigan State University for over 20 years.

Ladenson is a co-editor of the collection, Doing Feminism: Teaching and Research in The Academy; her articles have been published in a variety of collections and journals including Ways of Knowing: Essays on Marge Piercy, The Centennial Review, Shofar, Mid America, Massachusetts Studies in English, Re-Visions, Muses, and Women's International Quarterly. She is currently working on a collection exploring political themes in Jewish women's writing. Ladenson was the MSU representative to the American Association of University Women (AAUW), and is a member of the Jewish-American and Holocaust Literature division of the American Literature Association, the National Women's Studies Association, and the Michigan Women's Studies Association. She has been active in the Women’s Caucus for the Modern Language Association, the Midwest Modern Language Association, and the Popular Culture Association.