Joan Mellen

Joan Mellen
Born
Joan Spivack

September 7, 1941
DiedJune 30, 2025(2025-06-30) (aged 83)
OccupationsProfessor and writer
Spouse(s)James Mellen (m. 1966, div. 1967); Ralph Schoenman (m. 1969, div. 1982)
Academic background
EducationHunter College; Ph.D., City University of New York
ThesisMorality in the novel : a study of five English novelists, Henry Fielding, Jane Austen, George Eliot, Joseph Conrad, and D.H. Lawrence (1968)
Academic work
InstitutionsTemple University

Joan Mellen (née Spivack; September 7, 1941 – June 30, 2025) was an American writer and professor of English and creative writing.