Riva Berleant-Schiller

Background

Berleant-Schiller, Riva was born on November 19, 1935 in Buffalo, New York, United States. Daughter of Rudolph Schiller and Sarah (Bookbinder) Lavenda.

Education

Bachelor, University Buffalo, 1956. Master of Library Science, Long Island University, 1967. Doctor of Philosophy, State University of New York, Stony Brook, 1974.

Career

Library, Nassau County Museum Natural History, Glen Cove, New York, 1967-1969; lecturer, Queensborough College, CUNY, Bayside, New York, 1974-1978; post-doctoral fellow, Columbia University, New York City, 1979-1980; assistant professor, Long Island U., Greenvale, New York, 1978-1979; assistant professor, U. Connecticut, Torrington, 1980-1984; associate professor, U. Connecticut, Torrington, 1985-1991; professor, U. Connecticut, Torrington, since 1992.

Achievements

• Riva Berleant-Schiller has been listed as a noteworthy Anthropology educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Freedom writer Amnesty International, since 1986. Member Women's International League for Peace and Freedom, since 1959, Anti-Slavery International, London, since 1985. Fellow American Anthropol.

Association; member Caribbean Studies Association, Society for Caribbean Studies, Association American Geographers (research grantee 1983), Association Caribbean Historians, Society Folkdance Historians.

Interests

• Avocations: folk dancing, bird-watching, reading, gardening.

Connections

Married Arnold Berleant, August 1, 1957. Children: Jared Daniel, Andrea Berleant Milman, Anne Nicole.

Father:

Rudolph Schiller Lavenda

Mother:

Sarah (Bookbinder) Lavenda

Spouse:

Arnold Berleant

child:

Jared Daniel Berleant-Schiller

child:

Anne Nicole Berleant-Schiller

child:

Andrea Berleant Milman Berleant-Schiller