Background
Goodenough, Elizabeth Noble was born on May 12, 1947 in Detroit, Michigan, United States. Daughter of Daniel Webster Goodenough and Margaret Brooks Van Dusen.
literature educator child advocate
Goodenough, Elizabeth Noble was born on May 12, 1947 in Detroit, Michigan, United States. Daughter of Daniel Webster Goodenough and Margaret Brooks Van Dusen.
Bachelor, Smith College, 1969. Master of Arts in Teaching, Harvard University, 1971. Doctor of Philosophy, Harvard University, 1982.
Teacher, admissions officer Phillips Academy, Andover, Massachusetts, 1972—1974. Assistant senior tutor Eliot House, Harvard University, Cambridge, 1975—1982, Allston Burr senior tutor, 1982—1988. Lecturer English Harvard University, 1982—1988.
Assistant professor English Claremont (California) McKenna College, 1988—1993. Visiting professor English University Michigan, Ann Arbor, 1993—1995. Lecturer, adjunct professor English University Michigan Residential College, School Education, since 1995.
Board directors Alliance for Childhood, College Park, Maryland, since 2001. Advisory board Skillman Center for Children, Detroit, since 2000, Michigan League Conservation Voters. Assistant editor Michigan Quarterly Review, Ann Arbor, since 2000.
Series editor Landscapes of Childhood Wayne State University Press.
Exhibition curator Garden Club of Michigan, Grosse Pointe, 1999. Fellow: Society for Values in Higher Education. Member: University Michigan Committee for Children, Children's Literature Association.
Married James Gillespie Leaf, August 14, 1976. Children: James Munro Leaf, William Goodnough Leaf.