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Ellen Wright
Distinguished Senior Lecturer, The Writing Program

PhD, Indiana University

Kresge 2-205
847-491-4453
elwright@northwestern.edu

Ellen Wright has written scholarly articles on Latin literature, Old English literature, Renaissance literature, and American literature, and worked as both a magazine and book editor. She is currently writing a book about Roni Stoneman, legendary Nashville musician (First Lady of Banjo) and comedian (Hee Haw's "Ironing Board Lady"). In her spare time she plays the guitar and performs bluegrass around the country with her husband John Wright, Professor Emeritus of Classics. They have just produced their first album together, "I Shook Hands with Eleanor Roosevelt," which can be heard at www.cdbaby.com/wrightje. She teaches Intermediate Composition, Advanced Composition, and How Language Works, a Freshman Seminar. What she likes particularly about teaching Northwestern students is that when she makes suggestions for papers (e.g., "How about a little dialogue here?"), the rewrites are usually so much better than anything she had imagined.

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