William Marling

William H. Marling was born in Chicago and grew up in Cincinnati. He attended the University of Utah, New York University, and University of California at Santa Barbara (Ph.D.). He wrote for the Richmond News Leader, Daily Utah Chronicle, Fortune, and Money before becoming an English professor. He joined the English department at Case Western Reserve University (Cleveland, OH, USA) in 1980. He has been a Fulbright Professor in Spain and Austria, a Distinguished Foreign Professor in France twice (Universite d'Avignon), Drake Chair of American Studies at Kobe College, Japan, and Edward Said Chair at the American University of Beirut, Lebanon.