Background
Emery, Jane Dailey was born on August 27, 1917 in Omaha. Daughter of Charles Edward and Alice Jane (Atkinson) Dailey.
English literature and language educator
Emery, Jane Dailey was born on August 27, 1917 in Omaha. Daughter of Charles Edward and Alice Jane (Atkinson) Dailey.
Bachelor summa cum laude, Carleton College, 1938. Master of Arts in English, University Miami, 1964. Doctor of Philosophy in English Language and Letters, University Chicago, 1970.
Assistant editor Millar's Chicago Letter, 1940-1942. Graduate assistant English department University Miami, Coral Gables, Florida, 1962-1964. Instructor, then assistant professor University Illinois, Chicago, 1966-1973.
Leverhulme Foundation visiting fellow University East Anglia, Norwich, England, 1973-1974. Senior lecturer University Queensland, Brisbane, Australia, 1974-1982, George Watson visiting fellow Australia, 1986. From visiting scholar to lecturer English department Stanford (California) University, 1982—1991, lecturer continuing studies, since 1991, member editorial board Notes in the Margins, since 1993.
Visiting fellow Stanford Center for Research on Women, 1983—1986. Lecturer department English Stanford University, 1985—1995.
Volunteer numerous organizations. Member Modern Language Association, American Association for Australian Literature Studies, Virginia Woolf Society, Phi Beta Kappa.
Married Tabor Robert Novak, March 30, 1940 (deceased January 1984). Children: Nana Alice, Tabor Robert Junior, Kay Douglass, Clare Christine. Married Clark Mixon Emery, May 25, 1986.