Ellen Perry has been teaching at the college level for over 25 years and loves learning with her students. She also enjoys reading, traveling, and playing with her stylish senior cat, Mlle. Coco Chanel.
Education:
- Master of Arts in English with focus on Restoration/18th-Century British literature by women (Appalachian State University)
- Bachelor of Arts in Literature and Language with French minor (UNC Asheville)
Favorite Quotation:
“I suppose she can sing, dance, and jabber a little French; but I'll be hang’d if she knows how to make a pye or a pudding.”
The History of Miss Betsy Thoughtless (1751), Eliza Haywood
Academic Interests:
composition, British literature, women's and gender studies, prison education, humanities, the world wars, Southern/ Appalachian culture
