JANET KAUFFMAN, PROFESSOR
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Dept. of English Language & Literature 603 N Pray-Harrold Ypsilanti, MI 48197 734.487.2296 Homepage: |
Professor Kauffman has been a faculty member in the English Department since 1988. She specializes in imaginative writing and mixed media.
Her own writing — three novels, two volumes of poetry, and three collections of short stories — have earned her considerable recognition within the arts community. She has received a number of awards, including: Michigan Arts Award, 1997; Creative Artist Grants, Michigan Council for the Arts 1984 and 1987; National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship, 1985; Rosenthal Award, American Academy-Institute of Arts and Leters, 1983.
Beyond her creative work and teaching, Professor Kauffman is an active member of the Eastern community. She has been a member of the Creative Writing Committee since 1995, a member of the Technology Committee since 1998, and the co-ordinator of the MA in Creative Writing Program.
EDUCATION
PhD, University of Chicago, 1972
Literature
COURSES TAUGHT
Writing Workshops: Fiction, Non-Fiction
Imaginative Writing: Mixed Media, Poetry
Recent Trends in Literature: Visual/Hybrid Texts
Graduate Writer's Workshop: Fiction, Mixed Media
RECENT PUBLICATIONS
Characters on the Loose
The Body in Four Parts
Obscene Gestures for Women
Where the World Is
Collaborators