Mrs. Jan Worth-Nelson
Lecturer
Campus Phone: (810) 762-3183
E-mail: janworth@umflint.edu
Education
M.F.A. Creative Writing (Poetry), Warren Wilson College, 1992.
My MFA dissertation was on architecture and poetry, built around Philip Larkin’s “High Windows” and
“Church Going” and Elizabeth Bishop’s “The End of March.”
M.S.W. Interpersonal Communication, University of Michigan, 1981
B.A. Journalism, Kent State University, 1971
Specializations/Areas of Interest
Religion in the academy, particularly as it is reflected in first-year student writing.
Publications/Current Research
“Student Pieties and Pedagogical Hot Spots.” Writing on the Edge (UC-Davis journal on writing and teaching writing) Fall 2003.
Jan is widely published and continue to write poems, personal essays, and short stories.
Courses I Teach
Eng. 111 College Rhetoric
Eng. 112 Critical Reading & Writing
Eng. 296 Creative Writing