Dr. Colleen Abel
Introduction My EIU Story Education & Training Conference Presentations Community Publications Funding & Grants Frequently Taught Courses Research & Creative Interests Professional Affiliations

Dr. Colleen Abel

Assistant Professor of English Office: 3811 - Coleman Hall
Email: crabel@eiu.edu
Website: http://www.colleenabel.com

INTRODUCTION

Colleen Abel is a Chicago-area native. Her debut collection of poems, Remake, won the 2015 Editors Prize from Unicorn Press and was published in 2017. She is also the author of two chapbooks, Housewifery (dancing girl press, 2013) and Deviants, which won Sundress Publications' 2016 Chapbook Prize. A former Diane Middlebrook Poetry Fellow at UW-Madison's Institute for Creative Writing, as well as a recent Tulsa Artist Fellow (2017-2018), Abel has also held fellowships from the Ragdale Foundation, the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, Vermont Studio Center, KHN Center for the Arts, and Wassard Elea in southern Italy.

 

My EIU Story

 

 

 

Education & Training

 

PhD, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI

 

MA, Loyola University Chicago, Chicago, IL  

 

MFA, Program for Writers, Warren Wilson College, Asheville, NC         

     

BA, Carthage College, Kenosha, WI

 

 

Conference Presentations

 

 

 

Community

 

 

 

Publications

Books:

Remake. Unicorn Press. 2017.

 

Chapbooks:

Deviants. Sundress Publications. 2016.

Housewifery. dancing girl press. 2013.

 

Funding & Grants

 

 

 

Frequently Taught Courses

Intermediate Poetry, Advanced Poetry, Advanced Creative Nonfiction, Literary Publishing

 

 

Research & Creative Interests

 

 

 

Professional Affiliations