Claire Colebrook was awarded a first degree in philosophy from the University of Melbourne, a Bachelor of Letters from Australian National University, Canberra, and a doctorate from the University of Edinburgh, Scotland. She was Professor of Modern Literary Theory at the University of Edinburgh from 2000-2008 before her appointment as Professor of English at Pennsylvania State University. She published on contemporary European philosophy, feminist theory, literary theory, contemporary music, dance, visual culture and political theory.
Source: Pennsylvania State University, The Department of English website, http://english.la.psu.edu (sighted 08/12/2009)