Ellyn A. Lem is a professor of English and Gender Studies at UW-Milwaukee at Waukesha. She teaches a variety of composition and literature courses, including courses like Women in Popular Culture and Aging America, and directs the Honors Program. Her publications include articles on The Hunger Games, Like Water for Chocolate, Arthur Miller and Anzia Yezierska and the books The Work-Family Debate in Popular Culture and Gray Matters: Finding Meaning in the Stories of Later Life. Lem received her PhD from New York University. You can follow her on Twitter: @ellynalem.