New York University

Sharon Friedman's teaching and research interests are in the areas of literary and dramatic criticism, feminist criticism, theories of adaptation, and critical writing across the curriculum. Her publications include "Feminism as Theme in Twentieth-Century American Women's Drama" in American Studies, "Revisioning the Woman's Part in Paula Vogel's Desdemona" in New Theatre Quarterly, and "Honor or Virtue Unrewarded: Susan Glaspell's Challenge to Ideologies of Sexual Conduct and the Discourse of Intimacy" in New England Theatre Journal. Other essays have appeared in Contemporary Authors Bibliographical Series: American Dramatists, TDR, Women and Performance, Susan Glaspell: Essays on Her Theater and Fiction, and Codifying the National Self: Spectators, Actors, and the American Dramatic Text. She is coauthor of Writing and Thinking in the Social Sciences, and her most recent publication is an edited volume entitled Feminist Theatrical Revisions of Classic Works (McFarland, 2008). Her courses include "Literary Forms, Text and Performance" (cotaught with Professor Julie Malnig), "The Art of the Personal Essay," and "Revisioning the Classics." Professor Friedman is also the faculty adviser to the Gallatin Master's Program. In 1988, she was the recipient of New York University's Distinguished Teaching Award.