Gina Barreca
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. 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. 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''. She is a member of the New York Friar's Club and an honoree of the
Connecticut Women's Hall of Fame.
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