Nancy Bentley Explained

Nancy Bentley
Spouse:	Karl T. Ulrich (married)
Children:	2
Education:	B.A., Brigham Young University M.A., PhD., English Literature, 1988, Harvard University
Thesis Title:	Contrary dictions: narrative technique and cultural conflict in antebellum American writing
Workplaces:	University of Pennsylvania

Nancy Ann Bentley is the Donald T. Regan Professor of English at the University of Pennsylvania.

Education

Bentley earned her Bachelor of Arts from Brigham Young University (BYU) and her Master's degree and PhD from Harvard University.^[1] While at BYU, she was a member of Phi Eta Sigma.^[2]

Career

In 1994, Bentley published her first book "The Ethnography of Manners" through the Cambridge University Press.^{[3] [4]} In 1995, she was promoted to Assistant Professor of English.^[5] The next year, she was the recipient of the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library John D. and Rose H. Jackson Fellowship.^[6]

In 1999, she was promoted to Associate Professor of English.^[7] She took an academic leave of absence in 2004.^[8] As an Associate professor, she was the recipient of the 2007 Lindback Award for excellence in teaching.^[9] In 2009, she was elected to a three-year term on the Senate Committee on Academic Freedom and Responsibility.^[10] That year, she also published "'Frantic Panoramas: American Literature and Mass Culture 1870-1920."^[11]

From 2010 until 2014, Bentley sat on the American Literature Section as a Chair and member of the advisory council.^[12] She also sat on the Editorial Board of The Journal of Nineteenth-Century Americanists and American Literary History.^{[13] [14]} In April 2017, Bentley was named the Donald T. Regan Professor of English.^[15]

Personal life

She is married to fellow University of Pennsylvania professor, Karl Ulrich, and they have two sons together.^{[16] [17]}

Notes and References

1. Lindback and Provost's Awards—Sketches of the 2007 Winners . University of Pennsylvania Almanac . 53 . 30 . 17 April 2007 .
2. Web site: 1979-1982 Inductees . pes.byu.edu . October 24, 2019.
3. O'Donnell . Heather . Book Review: The Ethnography of Manners: Hawthorne, James, Wharton . The Henry James Review . 1998 . 19 . 2 . 195–197 . . 10.1353/hjr.1998.0015 . 161083881 .
4. Web site: UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA Department of English Newsletter Winter 1994 . upenn.edu . October 24, 2019 . 1994.
5. Faculty Appointment and Promotions, March 1995 through June 1996 . Almanac . 43 . 8 . 15 October 1996 .
6. Web site: 1996 SAS Faculty Honors . sas.upenn.edu . October 24, 2019.
7. Web site: Faculty Appointments and Promotions January 1, 1999, through October 7, 1999 . almanac.upenn.edu . October 24, 2019.
8. Web site: Scholarly leave of absences . upenn.edu . October 24, 2019 . 13 . November 7, 2003.
9. Web site: Lindback Awards 2007 . almanac.upenn.edu . October 24, 2019 . April 17, 2007.
10. Web site: SENATE From the Senate Office . upenn.edu . October 24, 2019 . 2 . March 24, 2009.
11. Cordelia E. Barrera . Frantic Panoramas: American Literature and Mass Culture 1870–1920 by Nancy Bentley . The Journal of Popular Culture . 2010 . 43 . 2 . 409–411 . 10.1111/j.1540-5931.2010.00748_1.x .
12. Web site: American Literature Section Officers 2012 . als-mla.org . October 24, 2019.
13. Web site: J19: The Journal of Nineteenth-Century Americanists . muse.jhu.edu . October 24, 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20191024210501/https://muse.jhu.edu/issue/33473/doc/editorial.html . October 24, 2019.
14. Web site: Editorial Board . academic.oup.com . October 24, 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20191015165712/https://academic.oup.com/alh/pages/Editorial_Board . October 15, 2019.
15. Web site: Nancy Bentley Named Donald T. Regan Professor of English . sas.upenn.edu . October 24, 2019 . April 28, 2017.
16. Web site: Karl T. Ulrich . opim.wharton.upenn.edu . September 8, 2019.
17. Web site: Pompilio . Natalie . Practicing What He Preaches . whartonmagazine.com . June 2008 . September 8, 2019.