Background

Gladys Haddad is Professor of American Studies at Case Western Reserve University and Coordinator of Programs for the Center of Interdisciplinary Centers and Programs. She is the founder and director of the Western Reserve Studies Symposia, an annual event now in its fifteenth year that offers a forum for the study of the history and culture of a distinctive northeastern Ohio region. This year's program "Writing Across Time and the Region: The Western Reserve As Muse" is planned for October 13-14. She is professor of American Studies emerita at Lake Erie College where she was academic dean and executive assistant to the President. She holds a B.A. from Allegheny College, B.F.A, Lake Erie College, M.A. and Ph.D. in American Studies, Case Western Reserve University.

Interests /Activities

A historian and regionalist her scholarship is centered in Ohio's Western Reserve. She has published on the history, literature, and art of the region. She is the author of Ohio's Western Reserve: A Regional Reader, Anthology of Western Reserve Literature and Laukhuff's Book Store: Cleveland's Literary and Artistic Landmark: An Epilogue. She is the editor of Western Reserve Studies: A Journal of Regional History and Culture and Western Reserve Studies Symposia Papers. A writer/producer of video documentaries she has completed a trilogy on the Mathers, a notable Western Reserve family, who as proprietors of the Connecticut Land Co., came here to settle early in the 19th century. The videos are Samuel Mather: Vision, Leadership, Generosity, Samuel and Flora Stone Mather: Partners in Philanthropy and Flora Stone Mather: A Legacy of Stewardship. She is currently at work on a biography of Flora Stone Mather.

Comments

My role with College Scholars, is to assist students with the design and implementation of their projects, all of which I have found very creative in concept and ambitious in scope. Committed as I am to the goals of the program, I serve as a guide and consultant to students by identifying individuals and organizations in the region and directing them to these resources as they advance through various stages in the development of their projects.