Rebecca Fiske

Literature, Dean of New Students, Director of the Win Student Resource Commons

B.A., Bennington College; M.A.T., Smith College; Ph.D., State University of New York, Albany.

Dr. Fiske has taught writing and literature at North Adams State College and founded and directed the Peer Tutoring Program and the Writing Center at Berkshire Community College. She has been a consultant to a variety of organizations working with students with disabilities, including Upward Bound and Southern Berkshire Educational Collaborative. She is the founding director of Berkshire Learning Services, an organization devoted to the advancement of gifted adolescents with learning challenges.

Her areas of scholarly research include education theory, biblical studies, literary theory, and psychoanalysis. Dr. Fiske has been the recipient of a number of honors including a Melon Fellowship nomination and twice the University of Chicago Outstanding Teacher award. Her current writing focuses on the work of Walter Benjamin. Recently, her short story; "August Genesis," was included in the book Experiencing Race, Class, and Gender in the United States, published by McGraw-Hill. (1986–)