Regina Barreca

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About Regina Barreca

Gina Barreca books include the classic book on women's humor, the bestselling "They Used to Call Me Snow White But I Drifted: Women's Strategic Use of Humor," as well as "It’s Not That I’m Bitter, or How I Learned to Stop Worrying About Visible Panty Lines and Conquered the World," and "Babes in Boyland: A Personal History of Coeducation in the Ivy League." Of the other six books she's written or co-written, several have been translated into to other languages-including Chinese, Spanish, Japanese, and German. Called “smart and funny” by "People" magazine and “Very, very funny. For a woman,” by Dave Barry, Gina was deemed a “feminist humor maven” by Ms. Magazine. Novelist Wally Lamb said “Barreca’s prose, in equal measures, is hilarious and humane.” She edits the FAST WOMEN series for Woodhall Press. Gina’s work has appeared in the The New York Times, The Independent of London, The Chronicle of Higher Education, Cosmopolitan, and The Harvard Business Review. She’s a Board of Trustees Distinguished Professor of English at the University of Connecticut, where she's also won the institution's highest award for excellent in teaching. Gina has delivered, often as a repeat guest, keynotes at events organized by the Women’s Campaign School at Yale and the National Association of Independent Schools, The Chicago Humanities Festival, Women In Federal Law Enforcement, Chautauqua and The Smithsonian-to name a few. Her B.A. is from Dartmouth College, where she was the first woman to be named Alumni Scholar, her M.A. is from Cambridge University, where she was a Reynold's Fellow, and her Ph.D. is from the City University of New York, where she lived close to a good delicatessen. A member of the Friars' Club, Gina can be found in the Library of Congress or in the make-up aisle of Walgreens.