Gina Barreca

Gina Barreca
Barreca working from home during the pandemic
Born
Regina Barreca

1957 (age 66–67)
Alma materDartmouth College,
New Hall, Cambridge,
City University of New York
SpouseMichael Meyer
WebsiteGinaBarreca.com

Regina Barreca (born 1957) is an American academic and humorist. She is a Board of Trustees Distinguished Professor of English literature and feminist theory at the University of Connecticut and winner of UConn's highest award for excellence in teaching.[1][2] She is the author of ten books, including the best selling They Used to Call Me Snow White But I Drifted: Women's Strategic Use of Humor (Viking/Humor) and editor of 13 others.[3] Her work has appeared in The New York Times, The Independent of London, The Chronicle of Higher Education, Cosmopolitan, and The Harvard Business Review; for 20 years she wrote columns for various Tribune newspapers as well as a series of cover stories for the Chicago Tribune.[4] She is a member of the New York Friar's Club and an honoree of the Connecticut Women's Hall of Fame.[4][5]

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  2. ^ "Regina Barreca". University of Connecticut Department of English. University of Connecticut. Retrieved 30 August 2016.
  3. ^ "Gina Barreca". Geno Auriemma UConn Leadership Conference. Retrieved 2018-05-02.
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  5. ^ "Induction Ceremony 2012 | Connecticut Women's Hall of Fame". cwhf.org. Archived from the original on 2018-06-27. Retrieved 2018-06-26.