Degrees:
M.F.A. University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa
1988
M.A. English, University of Central Oklahoma, Edmond,
Oklahoma 1983
B.A. English Literature, University of Missouri, Columbia,
Missouri 1964
Affiliation:
Pittsburgh Theological Seminary, Cohort, 2021, 2024
Mentor, Low-residency MFA Program, Carlow University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 2018-2024
Visiting Professor, Azusa Pacific University, Azusa, California
2012- 2014
Visiting Richard Thomas Professor, Kenyon College, Gambier, Ohio
Spring Semesters, 2008-2009
Professor of English, Macalester College, St. Paul, Minnesota 2001-2009
Associate Professor of English, Macalester College
1995-2001
Assistant Professor of English, Macalester College
1989-1995
Visiting Lecturer, English Department, Macalester College
1988-89
Edlestein-Keller Minnesota Writer of Distinction, University of Minnesota
1998 Spring Quarter
Artist-in-Residence, State Arts Council of Oklahoma
1980-1986
Courses:
Experimental Writing
Native American Literature
The Essay as Literature
The Crafts of Writing: Poetry
The Crafts of Writing: Fiction
The Crafts of Writing: Nonfiction
Scriptwriting
Common Ground: A Mixed Genre Writing Course
Advanced Writing Workshop
Senior Seminar
Independent Projects
Internships
Preceptorships
Honor's Projects
Writing as Visual / Oral (Landscape) Meshing (ENG INTERIM)
Other courses:
Creative Nonfiction, MFA Low Residency Program, Carlow University S2018
Advanced Poetry, UMKC, F2017
Creative Nonfiction Mentor, The Loft, Minneapolis, 2006
Bethel University, St. Paul, Minnesota, Fiction Writing, Fall 2004
Native American Literature and The Writing of Fiction, New Mexico Campus of the M.A. Program, Bread Loaf School of English,
Middlebury, Vermont, July 23-August 5, 1999
Topics in Advanced Poetry (ENGW 5120), University of Minnesota,
1998 Spring Quarter
Creative Nonfiction, Native American Inroads Mentor, The Loft,
Minneapolis, 1997
Papers, memorabilia, drafts of books, research notes, etc, are archived in the Elwyn B. Robinson Department of Special Collections, Chester Fritz Library, University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, ND
"The sum of thy word is truth" - Psalm 119:160
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