Janet Kaufman
Associate Professor, English
English
Languages & Communication Bldg
255 S Central Campus Dr Rm 3500
Salt Lake City, Ut 84112
Office: 3500 LNCO
Office Hours: Please email me to set up English Teaching Major advising
Office Phone: 581-3395
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>> Curriculum Vitae
Degrees:
1994 Ph.D. University of Iowa
1986 B.A. Tufts University
I came to the University of Utah after completing my doctorate in American poetry at the University of Iowa, working in Multicultural Affairs at Grinnell College, teaching at Cornell College, and then teaching middle school and high school for two years in the Washington, D.C. area. Since joining the English Department at the University of Utah, I have worked in English Education, helping to prepare university students to become secondary English/Language Arts teachers. Thus I join my passions for literature, writing, and pedagogy, and keep learning about how each contributes to our capacity to create and strengthen our lives and communities.
Research Statement
I'm working in multiple, intersecting arenas of research and teaching:
1. preparing English/Language Arts teachers.
2. exploring peace and conflict through children's literature.
3. teaching writing, thinking, and interpretation.
4. connecting in-school reading and writing to our lives outside of school.
5. being civically engaged as teachers and students.
Research Keywords, Regions of Interest and Languages:
Keywords:
Pedagogy (4); Children's Literature (2); Poetry; service-learning and civic-engagement; peace and conflict
Regions:
Middle East (15)
Current Courses
ENGL 2330-1 Intro to Children's Lit
ENGL 5410-1 Meth-Tchg Lang Arts 1
Courses I Teach
ENGL 2330 Intro to Children's Lit
ENGL 2600 Crit Intro To Lit Forms
ENGL 5030 Studies In Poetry
ENGL 5410 Meth-Tchg Lang Arts 1
ENGL 5420 Meth-Tchg Lang Arts 2
ENGL 5880 Children's Lit
Awards
2002
Dan Wendelboe Continuous C ommunity Service Award - Lowell Bennion Community Service Center
2002
Early Career Teaching Award - University of Utah
1998
Dee Fellowship - College Of Humanities