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English and Philosophy Faculty Miriam Kotzin, Associate Professor of English, Director of Certificate Program in Writing and Publishing, and Founding Editor of Per Contra Miriam Kotzin's Homepage

Discipline: American Literature; Genre Studies; Creative Writing; Communications
Degree: Ph.D (New York University)

Office: MacAlister 5048
Phone: (215) 895-2445
Fax: (215) 895-1071
E-mail: kotzinmn@drexel.edu

Dr. Kotzin is the author of A History of Drexel University. She has more than 120 poems and 60 short stories in over 100 publications, including Southern Humanities Review, Carve Magazine, The Pedestal Magazine, Small Spiral Notebook, and Three Candles. She is also a Contributing Editor for Boulevard. She received an Exemplary Teaching Award as well as three nominations for a Pushcart Prize for Poetry. One of her short stories was named a Notable Story, one of the best online short stories published during 2005, in the Million Writers Award. She is also the Founding Editor of Per Contra.

Dr. Kotzin teaches several courses in the English Program, including Creative Writing, Writing Poetry, Readings in Poetry, Readings in Drama, and Readings in Fiction. She also teaches in the Freshman Writing Program.