AKA Carol Tecla Christ

Born: 21-May-1944
Birthplace: New York City

Gender: Female
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Educator

Nationality: United States
Executive summary: President, Smith College

Husband: Paul Alpers (university professor, one son, one daughter)
Son: Jonathan
Daughter: Elizabeth

    University: BA, Douglass College (1966)
    University: MPh, Yale University (1969)
    University: PhD English, Yale University (1970)
    Professor: English, University of California at Berkeley (1970-2002)
    Administrator: Chair, Dept. of English, University of California at Berkeley (1985-88)
    Administrator: Dean of Humanities, University of California at Berkeley (1988-89)
    Administrator: Provost, University of California at Berkeley (1989-94)
    Administrator: Dean, College of Letters and Sciences, UC Berkeley (1989-94)
    Administrator: Vice Chancellor and Provost, UC Berkeley (1994-2000)
    Professor: English, Smith College (2002-)
    Administrator: President, Smith College (2002-)

    Member of the Board of Merrill Lynch (2007-)
    American Academy of Arts and Sciences 2004
    Obama for America
    Science Debate 2008

Author of books:
The Finer Optic: The Aesthetic of Particularity in Victorian Poetry (1975)
Victorian and Modern Poetics (1994)

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