Professor Bonnie Zimmerman Vice-President for Faculty Affairs September 7, 2010 Interviewed by Susan Resnik for San Diego State
Professor Bonnie Zimmerman Vice-President for Faculty Affairs September 7, 2010 interviewed by Susan Resnik for San Diego State University 125:51 minutes of recording SUSAN RESNIK: Today is Tuesday, September 7, 2010. This Susan Resnik. I’m with Professor Bonnie Zimmerman in the offices of Special Collections and University Archives at San Diego State University. We’re going to conduct an oral history interview. This project is funded by the John and Jane Adams Grant for the Humanities. Professor Zimmerman retired this year from San Diego State University after a notable career in a variety of roles, beginning in 1978. From 2003 until this year, she was associate vice-president and led Faculty Affairs, having previously served as the chair of the university senate. She began as a lecturer in women’s studies in 1978, and became an associate professor of women’s studies from 1980 through ’83. In 1983 she became a professor. She taught courses, chaired theses, contributed to the syllabus, served as the chair of women’s studies from 1986 to 1992, and again from 1995 to 1997. For more than thirty years, through her research, teaching, and program development, she has fostered the growth of women and lesbian studies. She’s been an active member of the Modern Language Association and the National Women’s Studies Association, of which she served as president in 1998 and 1999. She has published extensively, including her books, Lesbian Histories and Cultures: An Encyclopedia; The New Lesbian Studies: Into the 21st Century; Professions of Desire; Lesbian and Gay Studies in Literature; and the Safe Sea of Women: Lesbian Fiction, 1969 to 1989.
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