Background
Shields, Edgar Thomson was born on December 29, 1958 in Chagrin Falls, Ohio, United States. Son of Edgar Thomson Senior and Grace Anne (Daschbach) Shields.
Shields, Edgar Thomson was born on December 29, 1958 in Chagrin Falls, Ohio, United States. Son of Edgar Thomson Senior and Grace Anne (Daschbach) Shields.
Bachelor in English, Bucknell U., 1982; Master of Arts in English, Western Kentucky U., 1984; Doctor of Philosophy in English, U. Tennessee, 1990.
Graduate teaching assistant department English, Western Kentucky U., Bowling Green, 1982-1984; graduate teaching associate department English, U. Tennessee, Knoxville, 1984-1989; assistant professor department English, East Carolina U., Greenville, North Carolina, 1989-1996; associate professor department English, East Caroline U., Greenville, North Carolina, since 1996; director Roanoke Colonies Research Office, East Carolina U., Greenville, since 1993.
Member Modern Language Association, Society Early Americanists, Hakluyt Society, American Literature Association, Society.for Study of Southern Literature, North Carolina Literature and History Association, South Atlantic Modern Language Association.
Married Claire Lee Sikoryak, July 15, 1989.