Sharon Rose Wilson

Background

Mrs. Wilson was born on May 13, 1941, in Denver, Colorado, United States. She is a daughter of John William Wilson and Rose (Schlagel) Wilson.

Education

Sharon Wilson earned her Bachelor of Arts from Colorado State University in 1963. In 1967 she received Master of Arts degree from Purdue University. Mrs. Wilson completed her education at University of Wisconsin, obtaining Doctor of Philosophy in 1976.

Career

Mrs. Wilson served as an instructor at University of Northern Colorado, Greeley, from 1970 to 1973, assistant professor between 1974 and 1978, associate professor during 1978-1984 and also a professor of English and women’s studies since 1985. She held the position of a director of writing minor from 1985 till 1988 at the same university.

In the years of 1978-1979 Sharon Wilson worked as a fulbright exchange teacher at Middlesex Polytechnic (now Middlesex University). In 1980 she was appointed member of advisory board of Colorado Seminars. The same year she became a visiting humanist at Boulder County Women’s Resources Center. Concurrently Mrs. Wilson acted as a public speaker. Sharon Wilson is known to be a charter member of National Museum of Women in Art and Women’s Philharmonic.

In addition to being an author of her own books, Mrs. Wilson has been a contributor to other writers' books, including Margaret Atwood: Reflection and Reality, Cooking by the Book: Food in Literature and Culture etc. Moreover, she has also been a contributor to periodicals, including Essays in Canadian Writing, Antipodes: A North American Journal of Australian Literature, Journal of Popular Literature, Canadian Literature, American Review of Canadian Studies, and Journal of Evolutionary Psychology.

Achievements

• Sharon Wilson is a distingushed author, who has received a number of awards and grants for her writings, such as grants from Canadian Embassy in 1985-1986 and 1988 as well as grants from Canadian Consulate in 1987, 1988, and International Association of Canadian Studies in 1989 and 1991.

Works

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  • Margaret Atwood's Fairy-Tale Sexual Politics 1994
  • Myths and Fairy Tales in Contemporary Women's Fiction: From Atwood to Morrison 2012
  • Approaches to Teaching Atwood's the Handmaid's Tale and Other Works 1996

Politics

Mrs. Wilson belongs to Democratic Party of the United States.

Membership

• International Popular Culture Association , United States

• International Conference for the Fantastic in the Arts, Literature, and Film , United States

• Amnesty International , United States

• Margaret Laurence Society , United States

• Samuel Beckett Society , United States

• Doris Lessing Society , United States

• Margaret Atwood Society , United States

• Modern Language Association of America , United States

• Association for Canadian Studies in the United States , United States

• Popular Culture Association, National Fulbright Association , United States

• National Organization for Women , United States

• American Association of University Women , United States

• Twentieth-Century Literature Conference , United States

• League of Women Voters , United States

• Coalition for Women in Crisis , United States

• National Abortion Rights Action League , United States

• Planned Parenthood , United States

• ERA America , United States

• Greenpeace , United States

• National Coalition for Survival , United States

• Western Social Sciences Association , United States

• Pacific Central Canadian Studies Network

• Western Canadian Studies Association

• Colorado Women’s Studies Association , United States

Interests

• reading, attending theater and film performances, art, travel

• Sport & Clubs

  swimming

Connections

Sharon Rose Wilson got married to Roger Lloyd Brown on May 5, 1973. The couple divorced in 1998. Mrs. Wilson has one child, Stephen Roger.

Father:

John William Wilson

Mother:

Rose (Schlagel) Wilson

Son:

Stephen Roger Brown

Wife:

Roger Lloyd Brown