Background
Gates, Barbara T. Daughter of Robert F. and Martha Timm.
Gates, Barbara T. Daughter of Robert F. and Martha Timm.
Bachelor, Northwestern University, 1958. Master of Arts, University Delaware, 1961. Doctor of Philosophy, Bryn Mawr College, 1971.
Lecturer in English, Widener College, Chester, Pennsylvania, 1965-1967. Assistant professor English, University Delaware, Newark, 1971-1976, associate professor English, 1976-1988, professor English, 1988-1994, Alumni Distinguished professor English and women's studies, 1994—2006, professor emerita, since 2006. Exchange professor Monash University, Melbourne, Australia, 1983, 90.
Visiting professor University California, Davis, 1986. Consultant in excellence in teaching and distinguished academy service Department Education, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Lecturer in field.
Member Modern Language Association, Northeast Modern Language Association, American Association of University Professors, Wordsworth-Coleridge Association, Dickens Society, Bronte Society, Society for Values in Higher Education, Northeast Victorian Studies Association, Australasian Victorian Studies Association, Nineteenth-century Studies Association.
Children: Robert David, Thomas Edward.