Background
Brattin, Joel James was born on July 30, 1956 in Lansing, Michigan, United States. Son of John Bowlby and Alice Jane (Knight) Brattin.
English literature and humanities educator
Brattin, Joel James was born on July 30, 1956 in Lansing, Michigan, United States. Son of John Bowlby and Alice Jane (Knight) Brattin.
AB with highest distinction, University of Michigan, 1978; Doctor of Philosophy, Stanford University, 1985.
Lecturer, Stanford (California) U., 1985-1986; assistant Professor of English, Missouri Southern State College, 1986-1990; assistant Professor of English, Worcester (Massachusetts) Poly Institute, 1990-1993; associate professor, Worcester (Massachusetts) Poly Institute, since 1993.
Member Modern Language Association, Northeast Modern Language Association, Society Textual Scholarship, Nabokov Society, Wodehouse Society, Dickens Society (secretary-treasurer 1992-1996), Dickens Fellowship, Phi Beta Kappa.
Married Elizabeth Hope Westie, July 26, 1980. Children: Kate Emma, John James.