Background
Berleant, Riva Schiller was born on November 19, 1935 in Buffalo. Daughter of Rudolph Schiller and Sarah Bookbinder.
Berleant, Riva Schiller was born on November 19, 1935 in Buffalo. Daughter of Rudolph Schiller and Sarah Bookbinder.
Bachelor, State University of New York, Buffalo, 1956. Doctor of Philosophy, State University of New York, Stony Brook, 1974.
Lecturer City University of New York Queensborough Community College, 1974-1979. Assistant professor University Connecticut, Storrs, 1980-1983, associate professor, 1983-1991, professor anthopology, since 1992.
Fellow American Anthropol. Association; member Caribbean Studies Association, Women's International League for Peace and Freedom, Anti-Slavery International.
Married Arnold Berleant, August 1, 1958. Children: Daniel, Andrea, Anne.