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Sherrie Inness was an American educator, researcher, and author. She was best known for her books "Tough Girls: Women, Popular Culture, and the Gendering of Toughness" and "Breaking Boundaries: New Perspectives on Women's Regional Writing".

Background

Sherrie Inness was born on March 16, 1965 in Palo Alto, California, United States. She was the daughter of Lowell Edwin and Ruth (Ebelke) Inness.

Education

Sherrie Inness received her Bachelor of Arts (with honors) from Wellesley College in 1986. She then earned her Master of Arts and Ph.D. from the University of California, San Diego, in 1991 and 1993, respectively.

Career

Sherrie Inness was an instructor in writing and in dimensions of culture at the University of California, San Diego, La Jolla from 1989 to 1993. In 1993 she became an assistant professor of English at Miami University in Hamilton, Ohio.

Additionally, Inness was a lecturer at colleges and universities, including the University of Manitoba, Arizona State University, University of Prince Edward Island, University of Alberta, and Rhode Island College.

Moreover, she was the author and editor of a number of books, including "Kitchen Culture in America" and "Breaking Boundaries: New Perspectives on Women's Regional Writing" (1997).

She died on August 11, 2014 after a long struggle with Huntington's Disease.

Achievements

  • Sherrie Inness was a fellow of the National Endowment for the Humanities in 1995. Besides, her book "The Lesbian Menace" was named an outstanding academic book of 1997 by Choice.

    Inness was also listed as a noteworthy English language educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Works

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Membership

Sherrie A. Inness was a member of the executive board of the Center for the Study of Writing from 1993.

  • Center for the Study of Writing , United States

    1993

Connections

Father:
Lowell Edwin Inness

Mother:
Ruth (Ebelke) Inness