Helen Cairns, 2013

File — Box: 2

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

This file consists of an IRB form and pre-interview survey.

Dates

2013

Creator

Cairns, Helen Smith, 1938-12-5 (Interviewee, Person)

Conditions Governing Access

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Biographical note

Dr. Helen Smith Cairns is Professor Emerita in the Linguistics and Communication Disorders Department at Queens College. After earning her Ph.D. in psycholinguistics from the University of Texas, she and her husband, Dr. Charles (Chuck) Cairns, accepted teaching positions at Queens in 1971. Over the next 33 years, she was elected department chair three times, served as the dean of graduate studies and research (1980-1989), directed 21 doctoral dissertations, and maintained robust research and publication efforts. She and Chuck retired together in 2004 and relocated to the northern Adirondacks in a small town near Lake Placid, NY.

Extent

From the Collection: .63 Linear Feet (One standard document case and one half document case, plus digital files)

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Additional Description

Related Materials

Helen Cairns was interviewed in 2021 by Rebecca Rushfield for the QC Faculty and Staff Oral History Project; oral history audio files can be accessed through the Queens Memory Project on Aviary: https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/150/collection_resources/71884.