Baumgartner, Barbara: - Barbara Baumgartner received her Ph.D. in English with a graduate certificate in Womens Studies from Northwestern University. As a Teaching Professor at Washington University in St. Louis, she taught courses on contemporary gender issues, womens literature, womens health, and women in science for twenty-three years. She has published articles on nineteenth-century women authors including Mary Prince, Elizabeth Stoddard, and Emily Dickinson. Dr. Baumgartner is one of founders of the Washington University Prison Education Project that now offers associates and bachelors degrees in correctional centers in Missouri.