F163. Impact and Empathy: Service-Learning and Creative Writing

D139-140, Oregon Convention Center, Level 1
Friday, March 29, 2019
10:30 am to 11:45 am

 

Service-learning and community engagement not only provide student writers with real-world experiences, applied skills, and opportunities for personal growth, but their empathy and perspectives are expanded in ways that transform the creative process. Teachers from various backgrounds and institutions discuss the practical challenges and unique benefits of service-learning in the creative writing classroom, including work with veterans, oceanographers, food co-ops, and refugee organizations.


Participants

Moderator:

Holly Karapetkova is the author of two full-length poetry collections, Words We Might One Day Say and Towline. She currently chairs the English department at Marymount University.

Jeremy Schraffenberger is editor of the North American Review and an associate professor at the University of Northern Iowa. He is the author of Saint Joe's Passion and The Waxen Poor. His other work has appeared in Best Creative Nonfiction, Brevity, Prairie Schooner, and elsewhere.

Terry Ann Thaxton has published three books of poetry: Getaway Girl, The Terrible Wife, and Mud Song, as well as Creative Writing in the Community: A Guide. She is professor of English at the University of Central Florida where she directs the MFA program.

Mary Crockett Hill is author of the young adult novel How She Died, How I Lived. Her second book of poetry, A Theory of Everything, won the Autumn House Prize. Mary's work has been featured on Best of the Net and Poetry Daily. She edits Roanoke Review and teaches creative writing at Roanoke College.

Michelle Y. Burke is the author of the poetry collection Animal Purpose. She is an Assistant Professor in the Humanities at the Massachusetts Maritime Academy, where she teaches creative writing, literature, and composition.

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