Background
Yandell, Cathy Marleen was born on December 27, 1949 in Anadarko, Oklahoma, United States. Daughter of Lloyd O. and Maurine (Dunn) Yandell.
Yandell, Cathy Marleen was born on December 27, 1949 in Anadarko, Oklahoma, United States. Daughter of Lloyd O. and Maurine (Dunn) Yandell.
Student, Institute des Professeurs de Français à l'Etranger University Sorbonne, Paris, 1969—1970. Bachelor, University New Mexico, 1971. Master of Arts, University California, Berkeley, 1973.
Doctor of Philosophy, University California, Berkeley, 1977.
Teaching assistant University California, Berkeley, 1971, acting instructor, 1976—1977. Assistant professor Carleton College, Northfield, Minnesota, 1977—1983, associate professor, 1983—1989, professor French, since 1989. Chair commission on the status of women Carleton College, Northfield, 1983-1985, educational policy committee, 1985-1986, 96-97, romance languages and literature, 1990-1994, chair faculty affairs committee, 2000-2002, president of faculty, 1991-1994, Bryn-Jones distinguished teaching professor humanities, 1996-1999, mentor to junior faculty, since 1996, West Indies and Hulda F. Daniell professor French literature, language and culture, since 1999.
Director Paris French Studies Program, 1998, 2004, 08.
Active executive committee, then member Amnesty International, Northfield, since 1980. Board member Haiti Justice Allliance, since 2010. Member of Modern Language Association (delegate 1989-1992, chair executive committee French 16th Century literature 2001-2005), Humanities Center Carleton (director since 2008), Sixteenth Century Society (program chairman French literature 2007-2008, vice president 2010), Phi Beta Kappa (president 2004-2005).
Married Mark S. McNeil, September 7, 1974. Children: Elizabeth Yandell McNeil, Laura Yandell McNeil.