Rebecca A. Pope

Background

Rebecca Pope was born on May 19, 1955 in Chicago, Illinois, United States, into the family of Ralph A. and Jeanette D. Pope.

Education

Rebecca A. Pope studied at Barat College, where she received a Bachelor of Arts (summa cum laude) in 1976. Rebecca continued her studies at the University of Chicago, where she got a Master of Arts in 1977 and a Ph.D. in 1992. In 1980, Pope earned a Master of Philosophy at Oxford University.

Career

Rebecca A. Pope started her career as an instructor in English at Columbia College in Chicago in 1982 and took that position until 1987. After that, she held tha same position at Catholic University of America in Washington until 1989. Since 1989, she has been an instructor in English at Georgetown University in Washington.

In 1987, Rebecca was an instructor at Montgomery College. Eight years later she was an instructor at Campus on the Mall at Smithsonian Institution. Moreover, Pope worked as a lecturer at colleges and universities, including University of the District of Columbia in 1992, and University of Maryland at College Park in 1996 - 1997.

Achievements

• Rebecca Pope is highly famous as the author of books Embodied Voices: Female Vocality in Western Culture, Feminism in Women's Detective Fiction, and The Diva’s Mouth: Body, Voice, Prima Donna Politics.

Works

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  • The Diva's Mouth: Body, Voice, and Prima Donna Politics

    (The Diva's Mouth: Bodies, Voice, and Prima Donna Politics...)

    1996
  • Embodied Voices: Representing Female Vocality in Western Culture

    (Embodied Voices explores cultural manifestations of femin...)

    1994
  • Feminism in Women's Detective Fiction

    (Names such as Sherlock Holmes, Hercule Poirot, and Sam Sp...)

    1995

Membership

• Women’s Center advisory board

  1992 - 1995

Connections

Rebecca A. Pope is a companion of Susan J. Leonardi.

Father:

Ralph A. Pope

Mother:

Jeanette D. Pope

companion:

Susan J. Leonardi