Maurice Wohlgelernter is emeritus professor of English, Baruch College of the City University of New York, and adjunt professor in the Humanities, New York University. He has also taught at Yeshiva University, the New School for Social Research, Bar-Ilan University, CCNY, and Manhattanville College. He has written studies of Israel Zangwill and Frank O'Connor, and many essays and reviews in professional and popular journals.