1 For insight into Ruth-Ellen’s career before she was such a confident feminist, see Shawn Jarvis’s chapter in this volume.

2 For an extensive list of her work, see the bibliography of Ruth-Ellen’s publications in the appendices of this volume.

3 See the bibliography of dissertations advised by Ruth-Ellen in the appendices of this volume.

4 For more detail on the boldness of Ruth-Ellen’s campaign against academic jargon—and the controversy it engendered—see Shawn Jarvis’s chapter in this volume. The joint contribution by Angelika Bammer and Ruth-Ellen Boetcher Joeres in this volume also delves further into the topic of academic writing.