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Barbara DiBernard | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1948[1] |
| Died | September 24, 2023 |
| Academic work | |
| Discipline | English and Women's and Gender Studies |
| Institutions | University of Nebraska-Lincoln, University of Minnesota-Twin Cities |
Barbara DiBernard was an American scholar, professor, feminist, and LGBT activist.[2] DiBernard was Professor of English at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln, where she taught women's and lesbian literature courses for many years and served as director of the Women's Studies program.[3]
Early Life edit
DiBernard was born to Josephine (Esposito) DiBernard and Vincent DiBernard in Dover, New Jersey.[4] DiBernard received her B.A. in English from Wilson College in 1970 and her Ph.D. in Modern British Literature from SUNY Binghamton in 1976.[5]
After finishing her Ph.D., DiBernard spent two years teaching in the general college at the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities. In 1978, DiBernard joined the faculty at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, where she taught English and Women's and Gender Studies courses for 33 years.[1]
Initially hired to teach 20th century British fiction, DiBernard was soon invited by the Women's Studies program to teach women's literature courses.[5] She later served as Director of the Women's Studies program from 1992-1997 and co-established the LGBTQ/sexuality studies minor.[3] [6]
DiBernard and Judith Gibson became life partners in 1988 and were married June 15, 2015, becoming the first same-sex couple in Lancaster County, Nebraska to receive a marriage license.[7]
Works edit
"Alchemy in Finnegans Wake." James Joyce Quarterly 14.3 (1977): 274-289.
Alchemy and Finnegans Wake. State University of New York Press, 1980.
"Alchemical Number Symbolism in" Finnegans Wake"." James Joyce Quarterly 16.4 (1979): 433-446.
"Zami: A Portrait of an Artist as a Black Lesbian." Kenyon Review (1991) 195-213.
"Being an I-Witness: My Life as a Lesbian Teacher." Private Voices, Public Lives: Women Speak on the Literary Life, edited by Nancy Owen Nelson, University of North Texas Press, 1995.
"'Imagine My Surprise': Being Out as a Lesbian Teacher, 1990-2010." Counterpoints 397 (2011): 125-133.
“Teaching What I’m Not: An Able-Bodied Woman Teaches Literature by Women with Disabilities.” Teaching What You’re Not: Identity Politics in Higher Education, edited by Katherine J. Mayberry, New York University Press, 1996, pp. 131–54.
References edit
- ^ a b "DiBernard, Barbara, 1948-". University of Nebraska Archives. Retrieved April 22, 2024.
- ^ Luke Wegener (December 1, 2017). "LGBTQ+ Voices: Interview with Barbara DiBernard". Queer Omaha Archives, UNO Libraries. Retrieved April 22, 2024.
- ^ a b "Obituary: Barbara DiBernard".
- ^ "Barbara Jo DiBernard". Aspen Cremation & Burial Service Inc. Retrieved April 22, 2024.
- ^ a b Miriam Harrow (November 22, 2021). "Lesbian Elders Oral Herstory of Barbara DiBernard". The Lesbian Elders Oral Herstory Project. The Lesbian Elders Oral Herstory Archives. Retrieved April 22, 2024.
- ^ Katherine J. Mayberry, ed. (1996). Teaching What You're Not: Identity Politics in Higher Education. New York University Press. p. 358.
- ^ Stoddard, Martha (June 28, 2020). "5 years after landmark ruling, gay marriage more accepted but still controversial in Nebraska". Omaha World-Herald. Retrieved April 22, 2024.