Laura Hursh Weaver

Background

Weaver, Laura Hursh was born on December 14, 1931 in New Holland, Pennsylvania, United States. Daughter of Jacob Stauffer and Margaret Anna (Hursh) Weaver.

Education

Bachelor of Arts in Secondary Education, Eastern Mennonite College, Harrisonburg, Virginia, 1955. Master of Arts in English, University Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, 1958. Doctor of Philosophy in English, University Kansas, 1977.

Career

Teacher English, Belleville (Pennsylvania) Mennonite High School, 1955-1957; teacher English, Eastern Mennonite College, Harrisonburg, Virginia, 1958-1962; teacher English, Bluffton (Ohio) College, 1962-1966; graduate assistant English, U. Kansas, Lawrence, 1967-1970, 73-78; teacher English, S.W. Missouri State University, Springfield, 1970-1973; teacher English, Fort Hays State University, Hays, Kansas, 1978-1980; teacher English, U. Evansville, Indiana, since 1980.

Achievements

• Laura Hursh Weaver has been listed as a noteworthy English language educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member National Council Teachers English, Society Utopian Studies, Multi-Ethnic Literature of the United States, National Communal Studies Association.

Interests

• Avocations: music, movies.