Roberta Rosenberg Email & Phone Number

Cambridge, Ma.

After retiring from a tenured position as Professor of English, Christopher Newport University, Virginia.Presently, I am a member and instructor at the Harvard Institute for Learning in Retirement, Harvard University. I have taught two courses, one in Multicultural Southern Literature and another in "Jewish Humor from Genesis to Larry David." I also taught a course, "What's So Funny? Jewish Humor in Literature and Popular Culture" at the 2019 Havurah Institute at the University of… Show more After retiring from a tenured position as Professor of English, Christopher Newport University, Virginia.Presently, I am a member and instructor at the Harvard Institute for Learning in Retirement, Harvard University. I have taught two courses, one in Multicultural Southern Literature and another in "Jewish Humor from Genesis to Larry David." I also taught a course, "What's So Funny? Jewish Humor in Literature and Popular Culture" at the 2019 Havurah Institute at the University of Hartford, Conn. In addition, I have written and taught nonprofit management and published an edited collection, Service Learning and Literary Studies in English (MLA, 2015) which won "the book in the teaching of literature" in 2017. My edited collection, Teaching Jewish American Literature will be published by MLA spring 2020. Show less

Watertown, Massachusetts, United States

Serve on the Council and evaluate potential grantees; administer current grantees in theater and museum work.

Also directed two academic minors: Minor in Women's and Gender Studies; Minor in Civic Engagement & Social Entrepreneurship. Created the Center for Civic Engagement at CNU. Retired May 2017.

Doctor Of Philosophy (Ph.D.), English Language And Literature/Letters

Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.), English Language And Literature/Letters And Teacher Education Program, Completed Teaching License Program Grades 6-12 New York State