Background
Pifer, Ellen I. was born on June 26, 1942 in New York City.
Pifer, Ellen I. was born on June 26, 1942 in New York City.
Student Mills College, 1960-1962. Graduate scholar Mills College, 1960-1962. Student Mills College, George Stewart prize Mills College, 1962, National Defense
Instructor University of California-Berkeley, 1974-1976. Assistant professor of University Delaware, Newark, 1977-1981, associate professor, 1981-1989, professor, 1989. Theatre critic The Berkeley Gazette, 1975-1976.
Columnist New West Magazine, San Francisco, 1976-1977.
Consultant various university presses, 1979. Disting.vis. professor American Literature U. Jean Moulin, Lyon, France, 1992.
Visiting professor comparative literature University of California, Berkeley, 1990. Rector"s distinguished lecturer American Literature U. Helsinki, 1993.
Member American Library Association, Modern Language Association, Vladimir Nabokov Society (president 1998-2000).
Married Drury L. Pifer, December 30, 1962.