Emory Elliott, Director
emory.elliott@ucr.edu

Emory joined UCR in 1989 after teaching at Princeton for many years, where he also chaired the English Department. Emory was made the Director of the Center in 1996.

He is the author of Power and the Pulpit in Puritan New England, published by Princeton University Press (1975), and Revolutionary Writers: Literature and Authority in the New Republic, published by Oxford University Press (1982; rpt. 1986:). His American Puritan Literature, appears in Volume I of the multi-volume Cambridge History of American Literature (1993). He is also the editor of many other books, including The Columbia Literary History of the United States (1988), American Literature: A Prentice Hall Anthology (1991), and the Columbia History of the American Novel (1991). He is Series Editor of The American Novel (Cambridge University Press) and Penn Studies in Contemporary American Fiction. He has been an NEH, American Council of Learned Studies, Guggenheim, and National Humanities Center Fellow, and most recently, a Fellow at the Institute for the Humanities at the University of California, Irvine. He won the UCR Distinguished Teaching Award for 1993 and the Rosemary Schraer Award for Humanitarian Service for 1997.

Emory Elliott's Curriculum Vitae (PDF format)

Staff

Laura Lozon, Assistant Director
laura.lozon@ucr.edu
(951) 827-IDEA (4332) x21555

Laura joined the Center staff in 1998. In addition to overseeing the CIS staff and the day-to-day operations, Laura is the business officer for the Center. She manages the Center’s resources so that the academic and research mission of the Center can take place.

Prior to working at UCR, Laura was the Executive Operations Assistant and Customer Service Manager for the Boston Market Corporation in Anaheim, California.

Marilyn Davis, Administrative Assistant
marilyn.davis@ucr.edu
(951) 827-IDEA (4332)  x21557

Marilyn joined the Center staff in 1993 and has worked for UCR since 1982. Her responsibilities include Center and Grants accounts payables and receivables. Marilyn also oversees staff and academic personnel matters.

Prior to working at the Center, Marilyn worked in the Foreign Language Department and the Dean’s Office in the College of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences at UCR.