Lisa Coffman
Lecturer
English
Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo
Office: 38-215
E-mail: lcoffman@calpoly.edu
Phone: 805-756-6143
Education
Degree | Major Emphasis | Institution | Year |
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M.A. | Creative Writing | New York University | |
Rotary International Scholar | Universität Bonn, Germany | ||
B.A. | College Scholars: Computer Programming & English | University of Tennessee, Knoxville | |
Minor | Mathematics and German | University of Tennessee, Knoxville |
Research and Teaching Interests
Poetry
Feature-length Juornalism
Creative Nonfiction
Southern Appalachian History
Awards, Honors, & Professional Activities
National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship in Poetry
Pew Charitable Trusts Fellowship in Poetry
Pennsylvania Council on the Arts Fellowship in Poetry
Bucknell University Poet in Residence
Stan and Tom Wick Poetry Prize, Kent State University Press
Selected Publications & Presentations
Poetry collections Likely (Kent State University Press); Less Obvious Gods (Iris Press); feature articles in BBC North America; Oxford American; Philadelphia Inquirer and elsewhere; poetry in anthologies including How to Love the World; Choice Words: Writers on Abortion; Listen Here: Women Writing in Appalachia and in journals including The Southern Review; West Branch; River City; Writers Almanac; North Dakota Review and others.
Organizational Memberships
Advisor to Cal Poly Clubs: Writers Collective, Simple Club
Courses at Cal Poly:
ENGL 488 - Advanced Creative Writing: Poetry
ENGL 461 - Senior Project
ENGL 388 - Poetry Writing
ENGL 386 - Creative Non-fiction
ENGL 351 - Modern Poetry
ENGL 253 - Introduction to Romantic through Modernist Literature
ENGL 251 - Introduction to Classical Literature
ENGL 134 - Writing and Rhetoric