Carolyn Kott Washburne, Adjunct Assistant Professor

Office: Curtin Hall 574
Phone: 414-229-2709
e-mail: ckw@uwm.edu

Degree(s):

M.S.W., Community Organization, University of Pennsylvania, 1971
B.A., English Literature, Wellesley College, 1965

Teaching Interests:

Creative Nonfiction
Editing and Publishing
Internship in English

Other Relevant Activities:

Owner, Washburne Literary Services
Board Member, Council for Wisconsin Writers
Newsletter editor for: the Helen Bader School of Social Welfare, Center for Addiction and Behavioral Health Research, Local Initiatives Support Corporation, Center for Urban Population Health
Book proposal consultant for: Discovering Motherhood: An Extraordinary Journey through Everyday Life, Annemarie Scobey, Ambassador Books, 2006; Exposing the Elephants: Creating Exceptional Nonprofits, Pamela J. Wilcox, Wiley, 2006; Living Two Lives: Married Woman Who Love Women, by Joanne Fleisher, Allyson Press, 2006.

Recent Publications:

Book
Milwaukee: Midwest Metropolis (with Kristina Sauerwein), Cherbo Publishing Group Inc., 2005.

Articles
"Making Waves," profile of attorney Frank Steeves, Milwaukee Home and Fine Living, January-February 2007

"Inspired by God, Wresting and Metal, Executive Living, Fall 2007

"Leap of Faith," profile of Alverno President Mary Meehan, Milwaukee Home and Fine Living, September-October 2007

"Reading for Business and Fun," Executive Living, Summer 2007

"Making Waves," profile of attorney Frank Steeves, Milwaukee Home and Fine Living, January-February 2007

"Milwaukee: The Art of Life," Midwest Airlines Magazine, May-June 2006