List of scholars
Scholars from out of state (They all travel to California frequently.)
Mimi Gladstein
El Paso, Texas
Scholar, University of Texas
mgladstein@utep.edu
915/747-7012
Mimi Gladstein is a great speaker. She often lectures on Steinbeck and the women in his life.
Michael Kowalewski
Carleton College, Minnesota
Writer and scholar
mkowalew@carleton.edu
He travels to California frequently. He is a scholar of California literature and the American West. He has written on, and given lectures on, "The Grapes of Wrath. "
Chris Simon
Moab, Utah
Filmmaker
csimon@lasal.net
435/259 4176
Chris Simon has made a film on the life and poetry of Wilma Elizabeth McDaniel, a poet who came to California from Oklahoma as part of the Dust Bowl migration. She can screen her 34-minute film, "Down an Old Road: The Poetic Life of Wilma McDaniel" and discuss the life of the poet and her relevance for "The Grapes of Wrath."