Background
Schaefer, Jo O'Brien was born on November 28, 1929 in New York City. Daughter of Michael Edward O'Brien and Josephine Alice Rogers.
literature and language professor
Schaefer, Jo O'Brien was born on November 28, 1929 in New York City. Daughter of Michael Edward O'Brien and Josephine Alice Rogers.
Bachelor, Hunter College, 1952. Master of Arts, Smith College, 1953. Doctor of Philosophy, Stanford University, 1962.
Instructor University Nebraska, Lincoln, 1953-1955, Indiana University, Fort Wayne, 1960-1961. Assistant professor English Western College, Oxford, Ohio, 1961-1965, professor English. Associate professor English Trinity College, Washington, 1967-1970.
Professor English University Pittsburgh, 1974-1992, retired, 1992.
Member Fulbright Society, Virginia Woolf Society, Phi Beta Kappa.
Married Louis Charles Schaefer (divorced). Children: Elizabeth, Laura.