R. Barbara Gitenstein

R. Barbara Gitenstein is the author of numerous articles on Jewish American literature and academic administration, the monograph Apocalyptic Messianism and JewishAmerican Poetry, several opeds for the higher education press, and Experience Is the Angled Road: Memoir of an Academic. Although originally, she wanted to be a prima donna at the Metropolitan Opera Company, her secondchoice career took off after receiving her bachelor of arts from Duke University and PhD from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. After fifteen years as a fulltime professor, she served as provost and executive vice president at Drake University and president of The College of New Jersey.