Helen Pilinovsky '02

Helen Pilinovsky, '02, continued her education at Columbia University, graduating in 2007 with the completion of her dissertation, “Fantastic Emigres: Translation and Acculturation of the Fairy Tale in a Literary Diaspora.” She is currently employed as an assistant professor at California State University, San Bernardino‚ English department, where she teaches courses on children‚ and young adult literature, fairy tales, folklore, and fantasy. She has guest-edited issues of Extrapolation and The Journal of the Fantastic in the Arts, has reviewed for Marvels & Tales, has published in Realms of Fantasy and The Journal of the Mythic Arts. She is the co-founder and academic editor of Cabinet des Fees, and she has articles forthcoming on postmodern fairy tales and retellings of Alice in Wonderland.