Background
Janssen, Ronald Richard was born on March 9, 1942 in Sac City, Iowa, United States. Son of Alfred Peter and Audrey Fern (Carmichael) Janssen.
Janssen, Ronald Richard was born on March 9, 1942 in Sac City, Iowa, United States. Son of Alfred Peter and Audrey Fern (Carmichael) Janssen.
Bachelor, Augustana College, 1967; Master of Arts, U. Kentucky, 1971; Doctor of Philosophy, U. Kentucky, 1977.
Assistant professor, Grambling (Louisiana) State University, 1972-1973;
training administrator, Consolidated Edison, New York City, 1976-1982;
assistant Professor of English, Hofstra U., Hempstead, New York, 1983-1990;
associate Professor of English, Hofstra U., Hempstead, since 1990;
associate chairman English department, Hofstra U., Hempstead, 1991-1993. Visiting professor East China Normal U., Shanghai, China, 1985-1986, Hangzhou (China) Teachers College, 1993. Summer director composition program Hofstra U., 1986-1990, acting director, 1995.
Co-director Annual Summer Writers' Conference, since 1991. Guest editor Twentieth Century Literature, 1992.
With United States Army, 1963-1967.