Background
Kevelson, Roberta was born on November 4, 1931 in New York City. Daughter of Barney Kahan and Helen (Peiros) Cohen.
Kevelson, Roberta was born on November 4, 1931 in New York City. Daughter of Barney Kahan and Helen (Peiros) Cohen.
Although married at 17, she returned to college in the 1960s and received her Doctor of Philosophy in semiotics from Brown University in 1978.
Research associate, Brown U., Providence, 1978-1979, 80-81;
postdoctoral fellow, Yale University, New Haven, 1979-1980;
from assistant professor to professor, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, 1981-1986;
distinguished professor, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, since 1987;
executive director Center Semiotic research, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, since 1984. Board directors Greater Philadelphia Philosophy Consortium. Chair numerous committees Pennsylvania State University.
Lecturer in field; co-director Annual Institute International Symposia on Semiotics & Structural Studies.
("Peirce and the Mark of the Gryphon draws from the unpubl...)
(Book by Kevelson, Roberta)
President Bristol Textile Museum, 1972-1975. Executive director Women's Center Bristol Community College, 1972-1974. Member International Association Law and Semiotics (director United States, Europe since 1985), American Philosophical Association, Semiotic Society of America (vice president, president-elect, president).
Married Seymour Kevelson, September 23, 1950 (divorced 1983). Children: Lorin, Kenneth.