Cheryll Glotfelty

Cheryll Glotfelty was the Sanford Distinguished Professor of the Humanities for 2000-2002, developing courses that applied a humanities approach to issues of aging. An associate professor in the English department, she specializes in Western American literature, environmental literature, ecocriticism, and women's literature. During her childhood, her family lived in many different places, including Montana, Washington D.C., Colorado, California, Hawaii, and Germany. She did her undergraduate work in California, master's work in Colorado, and she received the Ph.D. from Cornell University in upstate New York. Driving a Ryder truck into the blinding sun of Reno in 1990, Cheryll knew she never wanted to move again and has sunk deep roots into this desert soil by making Nevada literature her primary research focus. In her first decade at UNR, she has offered more than twenty-five different courses, from "Animals in Literature," to "Ethnicity, Gender, and American Identity," to "Aging and Identity in America." Her lecture, "From Riches to Rags: America in the Great Depression," was broadcast in the KNPB series, The Western Traditions Lectures. Her hobbies include hiking, rock-climbing, reading, craft projects, and playing with her husband Steve and daughter Rosa. She was the 2003 winner of the Nevada Regents Teaching Award.

Cheryll Glotfelty
Cheryll Glotfelty was the Sanford Distinguished Professor of the Humanities for 2000-2002, developing courses that applied a humanities approach to issues of aging. An associate professor in the English department, she specializes in Western American literature, environmental literature, ecocriticism, and women's literature. During her childhood, her family lived in many different places, including Montana, Washington D.C., Colorado, California, Hawaii, and Germany. She did her undergraduate work in California, master's work in Colorado, and she received the Ph.D. from Cornell University in upstate New York. Driving a Ryder truck into the blinding sun of Reno in 1990, Cheryll knew she never wanted to move again and has sunk deep roots into this desert soil by making Nevada literature her primary research focus. In her first decade at UNR, she has offered more than twenty-five different courses, from "Animals in Literature," to "Ethnicity, Gender, and American Identity," to "Aging and Identity in America." Her lecture, "From Riches to Rags: America in the Great Depression," was broadcast in the KNPB series, The Western Traditions Lectures. Her hobbies include hiking, rock-climbing, reading, craft projects, and playing with her husband Steve and daughter Rosa. She was the 2003 winner of the Nevada Regents Teaching Award.
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