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Born | Michelle Marianne Tokarczyk 1953 |
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Thesis | The Rosenberg Case and E. L. Doctorow's The Book of Daniel: A Study of the Use of History in Fiction (1986) |
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Michelle Marianne Tokarczyk (born 1953) is an American author,poet,and literary critic. She is a long-time professor of English and former co-director of the Writing Program at Goucher College. Her works focus on people living in urban environments,literary history,and women's studies and issues.
Michelle Marianne Tokarczyk was born in 1953 [1] [2] in the Bronx to a working-class Ukrainian American family. [3] At the age of nine,she moved to a suburban area of Queens. She earned her bachelor's degree at Lehman College. Tokarczyk completed her doctorate in English from Stony Brook University in 1986. [4] Her dissertation was entitled The Rosenberg Case and E. L. Doctorow's The Book of Daniel:A Study of the Use of History in Fiction. [2]
Tokarczyk began working as professor of English at Goucher College in 1989. [4] [5] In 2003,she was a co-director of the Goucher Writing Program. [6] Her poetry focuses on urban people,especially women. [3] She also researches literary criticism,history,and women's studies and issues. [5] Tokarczyk is the author of several books.
In 2010,Tokarczyk was the Goucher chapter president of the American Association of University Professors. [7] She was the vice president of the Maryland Conference of the American Association of University Professors in 2014. [8] As of April 2018,Tokarczyk is the president of the Maryland Conference. [9]
Tokarczyk lives in Baltimore and New York City. [4] She is married to economist Paul Groncki. [10]
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