Kay Mussell

Interim Senior Vice Provost and Dean of Academic Affairs
Literature

• Additional Positions at AU

  Literature Professor
  
• Kay Mussell joined American University in 1974 and has held multiple positions, including Professor of Literature and American Studies; Director of the American Studies, College Writing, and Honors Programs; and Associate Dean positions in the College of Arts and Sciences and the Office of the Dean of Academic Affairs.  She became Dean of the CAS in 1999.
  
  Dean Mussell holds a BA in English and an MA and PhD in American Civilization from the University of Iowa.  She is the author of Women's Gothic and Romantic Fiction: A Reference Guide and Fantasy and Reconciliation: Contemporary Formulas of Women's Romance Fiction.  She co-edited two essay collections:  Ethnic and Regional Foodways in the United States:  The Performance of Group Identity and North American Romance Writers.  She has also published articles and book reviews on women's popular culture, American foodways, and higher education.
  
  A multiple American University award winner, Mussell has received the CAS: Faculty-Administrator Award (1996) and Contributions to Academic Development (1990).  In 2007, she was honored by the University of Iowa with a Distinguished Alumni Achievement Award.

• Degrees

  PhD & MA, American Civilization, University of Iowa
  BA, English Education, University of Iowa