Background
Sitter, Deborah Ayer was born on December 22, 1946 in Haverhill, Massachusetts, United States. Daughter of Peter Rice and Nancy Brice (Wilson) Ayer.
Sitter, Deborah Ayer was born on December 22, 1946 in Haverhill, Massachusetts, United States. Daughter of Peter Rice and Nancy Brice (Wilson) Ayer.
AB, Colby College, Waterville, Maine, 1968; Master of Arts, U. Massachusetts, 1972; Doctor of Philosophy, U. Massachusetts, 1979.
Reading specialist, Pentucket Regional High School, West Newbury, Massachusetts, 1969-1970; Professor of English, Spelman College, Atlanta, 1980-1982, 89-92; Professor of English, Emory University, Atlanta, since 1992; program officer, National Faculty of Humanities Arts and Sciences, Atlanta, 1984-1988. Editorial consultant U. Massachusetts Press, Amherst, 1979, Hartford (Connecticut) Studies in Literature, since 1976.
Active in scouting, civic associations. Member Modern Language Association, South Atlantic Modern Language Association, Southeastern Women's Studies Association.
Married John E. Sitter, June 19, 1971. Children: Zachary Brice, Amelia Ayer, Benjamin Jefferson.