Toni McNaron

Toni McNaron
BornApril 3, 1937
Alabama, U.S.
EducationUniversity of Alabama
Vanderbilt University
University of Wisconsin
EmployerUniversity of Minnesota

Toni McNaron, also known as Toni A. H. McNaron, (born April 3, 1937) is an American literary scholar. She is a professor emerita of English at the University of Minnesota, and the author of several books, including Poisoned Ivy, about lesbophobic and homophobic workplace bullying in academia.

Early life

McNaron was born on April 3, 1937, in Alabama. She graduated from the University of Alabama, and she earned a master's degree from Vanderbilt University followed by a PhD from the University of Wisconsin.[1]

Career

McNaron spent her entire career in the Department of English at the University of Minnesota. She was assistant professor from 1964 to 1967, associate professor from 1967 to 1983, and a full professor from 1983 to 2001, when she became a professor emeritus.[1]

McNaron is the author and/or co-editor of several academic books about incest, feminism and LGBT topics as well as her own memoirs. In Poisoned Ivy, she writes about closeted academics and what she describes as the homophobic workplace bullying that those who come out are subjected to.[2][3][4][5]

Personal life

McNaron stopped drinking and came out as a lesbian in 1973.[2] She also became a feminist and an anti-Vietnam War activist.[6]

Selected works

  • McNaron, Toni A. H.; Morgan, Yarrow, eds. (1982). Voices in the Night: Women Speaking About Incest. Minneapolis, Minnesota: Cleis Press. ISBN 9780939416028. OCLC 8844050.
  • McNaron, Toni A. H. (1983). The Sister Bond: A Feminist View of a Timeless Connection. New York City: Pergamon Press. ISBN 9780080323664. OCLC 240100498.
  • McNaron, Toni A. H. (1997). Poisoned Ivy: Lesbian and Gay Academics Confronting Homophobia. Philadelphia: Temple University Press. ISBN 9781566394888. OCLC 1020196424.
  • McNaron, Toni A. H. (2002). I Dwell in Possibility: A Memoir. New York City: The Feminist Press. ISBN 9781558614178. OCLC 957127048.
  • McNaron, Toni A. H. (2013). Into the Paradox: Conservative Spirit, Feminist Politics. Minneapolis, Minnesota: Hurley Publications. ISBN 9780989534123. OCLC 869298588.

References

  1. ^ a b "McNaron, Toni A. H". SNAC. Retrieved October 26, 2018.
  2. ^ a b Price, Deb (April 7, 1997). "Coming out in the world of academics is difficult". The News Journal. Wilmington, Delaware. p. 5. Retrieved October 27, 2018 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ Phelan, Shane (Winter 1998). "Reviewed Works: Poisoned Ivy: Lesbian and Gay Academics Confronting Homophobia by Toni McNaron; The New Lesbian Studies: Into the Twenty-First Century by Bonnie Zimmerman, Toni McNaron". Signs. 23 (2): 547–549. doi:10.1086/495273. JSTOR 3175113.
  4. ^ Colombo, J. A. (September 1997). "Reviewed Work: Poisoned Ivy: Lesbian and Gay Academics Confronting Homophobia by Toni A. H. McNaron". Academe. 83 (5): 91–92. doi:10.2307/40251598. JSTOR 40251598.
  5. ^ Reddy, Maureen (June 1997). "Reviewed Works: Poisoned Ivy: Lesbian and Gay Academics Confronting Homophobia by Toni A. H. McNaron; The New Lesbian Studies: Into the Twenty-First Century by Bonnie Zimmerman, Toni A. H. McNaron". The Women's Review of Books. 14 (9): 16–18. doi:10.2307/4022626. JSTOR 4022626.
  6. ^ McNaron, Toni; Bennett, Juda (Fall 2002). "An Interview with Toni McNaron". Transformations: The Journal of Inclusive Scholarship and Pedagogy. 13 (2): 7–15. JSTOR 43505822.


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