University professor, experiences concerning the development of the Women's Studies Program at the University of North Texas. Early interest in women writers; experiences concerning job discrimination; activities with National Organization for Women (NOW) in 1970s; introduction of women authors into her literature courses; activities with the Dallas Gay Political Alliance in 1970s; role in establishment of Gay and Lesbian Association of Denton (Texas) in 1970s; public acknowledgment of being a lesbian, 1978; personal and professional conflict with James W Lee, chair of the UNT English Department; early stages of the Women's Studies Program, 1988; early courses about women in course offerings of the English Department; her appointment as coordinator of the Women's Studies Program, 1992; coordination of course offerings in women's studies; establishment of a specific course in women's studies, 1994; relationship of gay and multicultural issues to women's studies; views on integrating women's issues into regular survey courses; unsuccessful attempt to establish a women's center; her resignation as coordinator of the Women's Studies Program, 1994, and her replacement by Barbara Rodman; her overall relations with Nora Kizer Bell, Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences; her relationship with Barbara Rodman; problem of homophobia and how to deal with it; men's role in the feminist movement

For the Dallas LGBT Oral History Project. English professor and longtime Dallas LGBT activist. Childhood in Iowa; educational and professional background; homosexuality in literature; Oscar Wilde; activism in women’s and gay rights movements; move to Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex; Gay Caucus for the Modern Languages; Dallas Gay Alliance; LGBT activism at UNT; conditions for gay and lesbian faculty and staff in the 1970s; LGBT support groups and anti-discrimination policies; the AIDS crisis and the Dallas LGBT community; Baker v. Wade.