Naomi Saslaw

I came to Ashland University (at that time Ashland College) after completing my Ph.D. in English at Case Western Reserve University.  I spent my seventh year at Harvard University as a postdoctoral visiting fellow, doing interdisciplinary study.  Subsequently, I completed a J.D. at Cleveland Marshal College of Law where I was on Law Review, and have a license to practice law.  Although I did not practice, I taught Business Law for many years.

I had a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities to participate over a year in biomedical ethics and the biomedical humanities in a group of thirty humanities professors and medical professionals.  The program was jointly run by Hiram College and NEOUCOM (North East Ohio University College of Medicine).  I have served on the Medical Ethics Committee for many years at Med Central Hospital.

I have attended international conferences, including the international Shakespeare Conference at Vancouver, British Columbia.  I frequently attend literature conferences, law conferences, and medical ethics conferences.  I have presented some papers, including one on Elie Wiesel in Atlanta and was invited to present a paper on Medical Ethics to the Medical Ethics Committee at Med Central Hospital. 

Some of my major teaching interests include Shakespeare, Chaucer, and Jewish Literature.