Background
Skerpan-Wheeler, Elizabeth Penley was born on October 11, 1955 in Ravenna, Ohio, United States. Daughter of Alfred Andrew and Ruth Elizabeth Skerpan-Wheeler.
Skerpan-Wheeler, Elizabeth Penley was born on October 11, 1955 in Ravenna, Ohio, United States. Daughter of Alfred Andrew and Ruth Elizabeth Skerpan-Wheeler.
AB magna cum laude, Miami University, 1976; Master of Arts, University of Wisconsin, 1977; Doctor of Philosophy, University of Wisconsin, 1983.
Substitute instructor, Madison Area Technology College, 1983; assistant Professor of English, S.W. Texas State University, 1983-1990; associate Professor of English, S.W. Texas State University, 1990-1997; Professor of English, S.W. Texas State University, since 1997. Assistant to curator of rare books Memorial Library., University of Wisconsin, Madison, 1979. Lecturer in field.
Member Modern Language Association, National Council Teachers English, Renaissance Society of America, South-Control Renaissance Association (executive board 1987-1990), Texas American Association of University Professors (delegate spring convention 1985), Texas State Teachers Association (delegate to state conventions), Texas Faculty Association (executive committee 1993-1997), Phi Beta Kappa, Phi Kappa Phi.
Married Kenneth John Winkle, July 24, 1976 (divorced June 1987). Married Charles Anthony Wheeler, May 17, 1997 (divorced February 02, 2008).