Cecelia Tichi

Cecelia Tichi (born April 10, 1942) is an American academic and author of mystery novels. She is the Gertrude Conaway Vanderbilt Professor of English and American Studies at Vanderbilt University. She is a former president of the American Studies Association, and the winner of the Jay B. Hubbell Medal for lifetime achievement in American literature.

Cecelia Tichi
Born (1942-04-10) April 10, 1942
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, US
NationalityAmerican
Occupations
  • Author
  • academic
  • researcher
TitleGertrude Conaway Vanderbilt Professor of English
AwardsJay B. Hubbell Award for lifetime achievement in American literary study, American Literature Society of the Modern Language Association
Academic background
EducationB.A., English Literature
M.A., English Literature
Ph.D., English-American Literature
Alma materPennsylvania State University
Johns Hopkins University
University of California, Davis
Academic work
InstitutionsVanderbilt University

Tichi has published twelve books that span American popular culture and social history, from television to country music to the gear-and-girder technology that transformed the environment nationwide in the late 1800s and early 1900s.

Tichi was the Editor of Special Issue of South Atlantic Quarterly in 1995.

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