Background
Eddy, Darlene Mathis was born on March 19, 1937 in Elkhart, Indiana, United States. Daughter of William Eugene and Fern (Paulmer) Mathis.
Eddy, Darlene Mathis was born on March 19, 1937 in Elkhart, Indiana, United States. Daughter of William Eugene and Fern (Paulmer) Mathis.
Bachelor, Goshen College, Indiana, 1959. Master of Arts, Rutgers University, New Brunswick. New Jersey, 1961; Doctor of Philosophy, Rutgers University, New Brunswick.
New Jersey, 1967.
Instructor, lecturer Douglass College and Rutgers University, 1962-1964, 66-67. Assistant professor English Ball State University, Muncie, Indiana, 1967-1970, associate professor, 1971-1975, professor, 1975-1999, poet-in-residence, 1989-1993, professor emerita, 1999. Whitinger lecturer Honors College, 1998-1999.
Adjunct professor core program and college seminar program University Notre Dame, 2001-2006. Adjunct professor England Goshen College, 2002. Coordinator, conference Ruthmere Writers Elkhart, since 2008.
Workshop director Nature Writing Seminar Elkhart Environmental Center, since 2009, docent, Ruthmere History Museum, Midwest Museum American Art, program presenter, Elkhart County History Museum, board member Friends of Elkhart Public Library. Consultant, presenter in field.
Member commission on the status of women in the profession, National county of Teachers of English, 1976-1979. Coordinator Women's Studies program, 1976-1982. Member Modern Language Association, American Association of University Professors, Daughters of the American Revolution (Society Mayflower Descendants, Washington), Shakespeare Association, National League American Pen Women.
Married Spencer Livingston Eddy, Junior, May 23, 1964 (deceased May 1971).