Joan Mellen, PhD
Joan Mellen is professor emerita at Temple University, where she taught literature and creative writing for fifty years, and the author of twenty-four books including, most recently, Faustian Bargains: Lyndon Johnson and Mac Wallace in the Robber Baron Culture of Texas ; The Great Game in Cuba: CIA and the Cuban Revolution ; Our Man in Haiti: George de Mohrenschildt and the CIA in the Nightmare Republic ; and A Farewell to Justice: Jim Garrison, JFK's Assassination and the Case That Should...See more
Joan Mellen is professor emerita at Temple University, where she taught literature and creative writing for fifty years, and the author of twenty-four books including, most recently, Faustian Bargains: Lyndon Johnson and Mac Wallace in the Robber Baron Culture of Texas ; The Great Game in Cuba: CIA and the Cuban Revolution ; Our Man in Haiti: George de Mohrenschildt and the CIA in the Nightmare Republic ; and A Farewell to Justice: Jim Garrison, JFK's Assassination and the Case That Should Have Changed History . She is a winner of Temple's Great Teacher Award, a lifetime achievement award, and a Temple University Faculty Award for Creative Achievement. Her media appearances include C-SPAN Book TV and NBC's Today show. See less
