Lifelong Writing Guide, Professor of the Year
Dani Houck, BA, MFA
Career:
University of Miami Writing Professor, 25+ years
Distinguished Faculty Member of the Year
Prestigious Awards and Fellowships Committee
Advised students on applications including:
Fulbright, Goldwater, Marshall, Mitchell, and Rhodes Scholar awards
Master’s in International Administration
Practicum/Thesis Writing Director
Founder, Young Entrepreneur Series
Creative Writing Department Chair
Douglas Anderson School of the Arts
Directed Admissions and College Advising,
Directed Annual Writing Conference,
Instituted Pulitzers-in-the-Schools visiting artists
Graduate School:
University of Miami, FL - Writing MFA,
FULL SCHOLARSHIP/Teaching Position
James Michener Fellowship
Master of Fine Arts, Terminal Degree
Writing Center Consultant; National Literary Magazine Editor
Georgetown University - Writing Studies
Graduate Coursework
Miami University, OH-Doctoral Studies,
FULL SCHOLARSHIP/Teaching Position
Undergraduate:
Miami University, OH - Writing BA, Campus Magazine Editor-in-Chief
Writing Center Consultant; Career Center Advisor
-Entered with 2 semesters of college writing course credit via AP exam
-D.C. Internship: secured via unsolicited cover letter/proposal
to premier national professional writers’ organization, AWP
staffed career services/maintained professor dossiers
earned college credit hours
-Selected as Undergraduate Writing Teaching Associate
reviewed class writing, taught classes, learned teaching techniques
from mentor Dr. Kay Sloan
Pre-college professional writing/teaching experience:
Indian Hill High School, Cincinnati, OH
peer writing education summer training program
via National Writing Project , headquartered at Berkeley, and Ohio Writing Project
independently staffed the writing center during school:
reviewed writing for peers and younger students
campus newspaper writer and editor:
conducted interviews for pieces
featuring teachers and peers
