Background
Thompson, Ewa M. was born in Kaunas, Lithuania. Came to the United States, 1963. Daughter of Jozef and Maria Majewski.
Thompson, Ewa M. was born in Kaunas, Lithuania. Came to the United States, 1963. Daughter of Jozef and Maria Majewski.
Bachelor in English and Russian, University Warsaw, Poland, 1963. Master of Fine Arts in Piano, Sopot Conservatory Music, 1963. Master of Arts in English, Ohio University, 1964.
Doctor of Philosophy in Comparative Literature, Vanderbilt University, 1967.
Instructor Vanderbilt University, Nashville, 1964-1967. Assistant professor Indiana State University, Terre Haute, 1967-1968, Indiana University, 1968-1970, Rice University, Houston, 1967-1973, associate professor, 1974-1979, professor, since 1979, chair, 1987-1990. Associate professor University Virginia, Charlottesville, 1973-1974.
Consultant National Endowment of the Humanities, since 1973, The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, The John Simon Guggenheim Foundation, United States Department Education. Visiting consultant Texas Agricultural and Mechanical University. Seminar director National Endowment of the Humanities Summer Institute, Southeastern Louisiana University, 1990.
Chair Russian literature conference Rice University, 1989. Lecturer various colleges universities.
Married James R. Thompson.