Gina Barreca | |
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 Barreca working from home during the pandemic | |
| Born | Regina Barreca 1957 (age 67–68) |
| Alma mater | Dartmouth College, New Hall, Cambridge, City University of New York |
| Spouse | Michael Meyer |
| Website | GinaBarreca.com |
Regina Barreca (born 1957) is an American academic and humorist. She is a Board of Trustees Distinguished Professor of English literature and feminist theory at the University of Connecticut and winner of UConn's highest award for excellence in teaching.[1][2] She is the author of ten books, including the best selling They Used to Call Me Snow White But I Drifted: Women's Strategic Use of Humor (Viking/Humor) and editor of 13 others.[3] Her work has appeared in The New York Times, The Independent of London, The Chronicle of Higher Education, Cosmopolitan, and The Harvard Business Review; for 20 years she wrote columns for various Tribune newspapers as well as a series of cover stories for the Chicago Tribune.[4] She is a member of the New York Friar's Club and an honoree of the Connecticut Women's Hall of Fame.[4][5]
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