I’m a professor, writer, enthusiastic traveler, and terrible painter who believes, even in my bouts of despair, that beauty could still save the world—and all of us in it. I’ve been teaching writing and facilitating artistic, nature-based, embodied, and mindfulness practices in traditional and non-traditional settings for two decades now. Birdsong in winter and other people making things give me hope.
In my scholarly and creative work, I’m passionately curious about three overlapping dimensions of language and being, and am trying to live my professional and creative life in a devoted pursuit to deeper understanding of them.
generative practice
embodied learning
intersections of spiritual practice & creative process
university courses taught
- ENJ 499 StoryForge, a capstone for students crafting individual scholarly, journalistic, creative, and multigenre projects.
- ENJ 482 Directed Study in Writing
- ENJ 314 Fiction Writing
- ENJ 312 Travel Writing (on location)
- ENJ 310 Creative Nonfiction
- ENJ 300 Writer’s Workshop
- ENJ 211 Methods of Tutoring Writing
- ENJ 210 Prose Studio
- ENJ 110 Introduction to Creative Writing
- HON 160 Pietas Honors Seminar: A Life of Calm in a Time of Chaos: Exploring Contemplation
- GES 160 Inquiry Seminar: What Good is Comedy?
- GES 110 College Writing
professional service & Leadership
- English & Journalism Department Chair
- Director of Writing
- Writing Center Director
- Faculty Development Team
- Multilingual Task Force
- Maker’s Space Working Group
- ACT Exam Question Reviewer
Contact me (below) for a full CV.
April Vinding 