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Robert Holkeboer is Professor of Comparative Literature at Eastern Michigan University, where he served as Associate Vice President for Graduate Studies and Research (2000-2007). He was Director for eight years of the EMU Honors College, which he created in 1984, and later served as Special Assistant to the President, Director of Research Development, and Dean of the Graduate School. He holds the Ph.D. in Comparative Literature from Ohio University (1971).
He is the author of many articles, reviews, and translations of works in five European languages. His books include:
• Creative Agony: Why Writers Suffer (Rhodes-Fulbright International Library, 1986), winner of EMU’s Scholarly Achievement Award in 1987
• Right From the Start: Managing Your College Success, (Wadsworth, 1994), now in its 4th edition
• The College Success Reader (Houghton Mifflin 1998)
• A Casebook for Student Leaders (Houghton Mifflin 1998)
Dr. Holkeboer was a Fulbright Advanced Research Scholar at the Sorbonne in Paris (1967-68) and an American Council on Education (ACE) Fellow at Florida State University (1992-93).
He spent three years in the film industry as a screenwriter and actor. His acting credits include The Sergeant (featuring Rod Steiger, Warner Brothers), Blue Collar (with Richard Pryor, Columbia Pictures), as well as leading roles in over 40 stage productions.
His wife Paola (now deceased) was an epidemiologist and general physician. He has two children: John, a composer and jazz bassist, and Maja, a veterinarian.
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