Rose Zimbardo

Rose Abdelnour Zimbardo (born Rose E. Abdelnour; May 29, 1932 – October 25, 2015) was an American professor of English literature. Her work covered such subjects as Shakespeare, Restoration drama, and the works of J. R. R. Tolkien. She was a pioneer in the academic study of Tolkien's works, and co-edited three collections with fellow Tolkien scholar Neil Isaacs: ''Tolkien and the Critics'' (University of Notre Dame Press, 1968); ''Tolkien: New Critical Perspectives'' (University Press of Kentucky, 1981); and ''Understanding The Lord of the Rings: The Best of Tolkien Criticism'' (Houghton Mifflin, 2004).

Zimbardo began her career in 1960 at the City College of New York. She later moved to the State University of New York at Stony Brook. At Stony Brook she was designated a Distinguished Teaching Professor in 1991. After she retired from Stony Brook, she took an adjunct position at the University of San Francisco. Provided by Wikipedia