Carol Jeanne Clover (born July 31, 1940) is an American professor of Medieval Studies (Early Northern Europe) and American Film at the University of California, Berkeley.
Clover has been widely published in her areas of expertise, and is the author of three books.
[2] Clover's 1992 book, Men, Women, and Chainsaws: Gender in the Modern Horror Film, achieved popularity beyond academe.
[5] Clover attended the University of California at Berkeley for both her undergraduate and graduate studies.
[6] Clover has been awarded fellowships by the American Council of Learned Societies, as well as the Mellon, Guggenheim, and Rockefeller foundations.