Becca J.R. Lachman
Part Time Instructor
Assistant Coordinator, Student Writing Center
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Email: lachmanr@ohio.edu
Degrees
Bennington Writing Seminars, M.F.A. (Literature and Writing)
Ohio University, M.A. (English: Creative Writing)
Otterbein University, Original Degree, B.A. (Music Composition, Theater, and English)
Publications
The Apple Speaks (poems, Cascadia Publishing House, 2012)
Songs from the Springhouse, 2004 Florence Kahn Memorial Chapbook Award (National Federation of State Poetry Societies, Vendure Publications)
Work has appeared or is forthcoming in various publications, including Tongue Screws and Testimonies: poems, stories, and essays inspired by the Martyrs Mirror (Herald Press, 2010) and Red Thread Gold Thread: The Poet’s Voice, edited by Alan Cohen (2009); Swink, Octave Magazine, The Sun, e3w, The Whistling Fire, and the OnBeing blog for American Public Media.
Published choral composer and lyricist with The Lorenz Corporation’s Heritage Press under Rebecca Rossiter.
2011 Otterbein University Young Alumni Award in Research and Creativity
2006 Ohio University Graduate Student Senate Original Work Grant Recipient: “Poetics of Peace: Teaching and Writing in Liberia”
Courses
English 151: Writing and Rhetoric
English 306J: Women and Writing: Women and "Worship"
English 308J: Writing and Rhetoric II: Food and Sustainability
English 202: Critical Approaches to Poetry
English 362: Creative Writing Workshop: Poetry
University College 190: Learning Community Seminar
Classics and World Religions: Difficult Dialogues (Conversation Leader)
EMGT 501: Engineering Writing (Facilitator)