J Ellen GainorJ. Ellen Gainor is a professor of theater in the Performing and Media Arts department at Cornell University. She is the author of two books, Shaw's Daughters: Dramatic and Narrative Constructions of Gender (1992) and Susn Glaspell in Context: American Theater, Culture, and Politics, 1915-48 (2003). Her edited volumes include Imperialism and Theater (1995) and Performing America: Cultural Nationalism in American Theater (2001). She is the co-editor, with Linda Bel-Zvi, of Susan Glaspell: The Complete Plays (2010). Read More Read Less