Emily Bobo
| Name: | Emily Bobo |
| Location: | Bloomington |
| Roles: | Staff, NonCredit, Faculty |
| Title: | Professor of English, Department Chair of Humanities |
| Building/Room Number: | C206 or Zoom |
| Bio: | Dr. Emily Bobo believes in the power of stories to transform and transport us. Good ones. Bad ones. Scary ones. Rhyming ones. She believes stories have the power to save us from all sorts of monsters–even the ones we create ourselves. A Bloomington-based poetry and prose writer, Dr. Bobo is the author of three books (Fugue, Instrumental, and Tattle Tales) and the founder and editor of Bobo Books, a local, non-profit series that turned poems into public goods: sandwiches, bus tickets, books. You can read/view/hear her work at www.emilybobo.com. Dr. Bobo began her career as a pianist and earned her BA in Creative Writing with a Music Minor and her MFA in Creative Writing from Wichita State University. She then earned her PhD in English from the University of Kansas. Currently, Dr. Bobo is Department Chair of Fine Arts & Humanities and Professor of English at Ivy Tech Community College-Bloomington, where she received the President’s Award for her work teaching writing to single moms, ex-cons, military vets, and (non)traditional students. Dr. Bobo frequently teaches these courses in face-to-face (TR), virtual (VI), and online formats (I): ENGL 111: Freshman Composition ENGL 202: Introduction to Creative Writing ENGL 203: Advanced Creative Writing ENGL 211: Business and Technical Writing ENGL 214: Introduction to Poetry Please check Course Search in MyIvy to find out which class she is teaching next. She can’t wait to read your story! |
Contact Information
| Email: | ebobo1@ivytech.edu |
| Work Phone: | 812-330-6284 |
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| Website: | http:// |