S147. Compassion Fatigue: Avoiding Vicarious Traumatization in the CNF Classroom
Saturday, February 11, 2017
10:30 am to 11:45 am
Participants
Jessica Chiccehitto Hindman teaches creative nonfiction writing at Northern Kentucky University, where she is an assistant professor. Her work has appeared in Brevity, Dogwood, and O: The Oprah Magazine.
Justin St. Germain is the author of the memoir Son of a Gun. His work has appeared in the New York Times, Tin House, Barrelhouse, Hobart, the Best of the West anthology, and elsewhere. He attended the University of Arizona and was a Wallace Stegner Fellow at Stanford. He teaches at Oregon State.
Bonnie Friedman is the author of the books Writing Past Dark, The Thief of Happiness, and Surrendering Oz: A Life in Essays, longlisted for the PEN award in the Art of the Essay. Her work has appeared in The Best American Movie Writing, The Best Writing on Writing, and The Best Buddhist Writing.
Dr. Samantha Rodman is a clinical psychologist in private practice in Maryland. She works with adults and couples. Dr. Rodman is also the founder of DrPsychMom.com, and the author of How to Talk to Your Kids About Your Divorce and 52 Emails to Transform Your Marriage.
Lauren Fath holds a PhD in English and creative writing from the University of Missouri and an MFA from Oregon State University. Her essays have appeared in Fourth Genre, Post Road, and poemmemoirstory, among others. She is an assistant professor of English at New Mexico Highlands University.