Paula Uruburu is an Associate Professor in the English Department at Hofstra University on Long Island where she also teaches film courses and is the Acting Vice Dean of the School for University Studies. Acknowledged as the expert on Evelyn Nesbit, aka The Girl in the Red Velvet Swing, she has acted as a consultant to A&E, PBS, the History Channel, and the Smithsonian Channel She is a specialist in American Literature (favorites: Poe, Dickinson, Flannery O'Connor, the Gothic and Grotesque), women’s studies, film history, and 19th and 20th Century American more...
