Marjorie Ratcliffe
Marjorie Ratcliffe earned her PhD at the University of Toronto in 1981. After working in many different universities in Canada, Ratcliffe joined Western University in 1990 as an associate professor and was promoted to full professor in 2012. During her very active career, Professor Ratcliffe has published 4 books and over 20 articles and is a well-known scholar in Medieval and Eighteenth-Century Hispanic Studies. Her works have been a great contribution to the role of women in Medieval Hispanic culture as well as transatlantic colonial theatre. She also published a collection of Spanish Civil War orphans. For almost 50 years, she has been a passionate teacher and has taught several generations of undergraduate and graduate students. Her students have appreciated her great love for Hispanic culture. Finally, Ratcliffe has made her contributions to the creation and development of the University of Western Ontario Faculty Association (UWOFA), for which she received the Canadian Association of University Teachers Dedicated Service Award in 2008 and the Allan Heinicke Memorial Service Award in 2017, to recognize outstanding contributions and achievement in financial, technical or policy development on behalf of UWOFA. Ratcliffe is now retired but continues to research and write.