Presenters

Dr. Phyllis Cole is Professor of American Literature at Penn State University/Brandywine. Her seminar examines Transcendentalist women, especially those who had a major impact on antebellum antislavery ferment, as well as on women’s enfranchisement and education.

Dr. Sterling Delano

Dr. Sterling F. Delano is Professor of American Literature, Emeritus, at Villanova University. Professor Delano examines the Transcendentalist utopian experiments, Brook Farm and Fruitlands. His program includes site visits to both communities.

Dr. Robert Gross, Professor of American Literature, University of Connecticut, addresses the intriguing and enduring question, “How did Concord, a small 19th century village, manage to become America’s most renowned and celebrated literary and historic site?"

Dr. John Matteson

Dr. John Matteson is Professor of English at John Jay College of Criminology. In 2008 he received the Pulitzer Prize for his book, Eden’s Outcasts: The Story of Louisa May Alcott and Her Father. His much anticipated biography of Margaret Fuller is scheduled for publication in January 2012.

Dr. Sandy Petrulionis is Professor of English at Penn State University. Dr. Petrulionis examines the antebellum antislavery movement, and she pays special attention to antislavery ferment in Concord and the critical influence of Concord’s women in antislavery agitation.

	Dr. Leslie Wilson is Curator of `Special Collections’ at the Concord Free Public Library. She is the author of In History’s Embrace: Past and Present in Concord, Massachusetts, as well as numerous articles having to do with Concord.

Dr. Leslie Wilson is Curator of `Special Collections’ at the Concord Free Public Library. She is the author of In History’s Embrace: Past and Present in Concord, Massachusetts, as well as numerous articles having to do with Concord.