Becca J.R. Lachman
Part Time Instructor
Office: Ellis Hall 117
Office Phone: 597-2982 (only during office hours)
Office Hours: M & W: 10-12am; W: 1-3pm; F: 9-10am & 11-Noon
Email: lachmanr@ohio.edu
Degrees
B.A. in Musical Theatre Composition, Otterbein College 2004
B.A. in English: Creative Writing, Otterbein College 2004
M.A. in English: Creative Writing, Ohio University 2007
M.F.A. Candidate in Poetry, Bennington College 2011
Publications
Featured in anthology Red Thread Gold Thread: The Poet’s Voice, edited by Alan Cohen, 2009
Songs from the Springhouse, 2004 Florence Kahn Memorial Award Chapbook, National Federation of State Poetry Societies. Vendure Publications: Beverly Hills, FL.
Poems and reviews have appeared in various publications, including The Mennonite, Amish Heartland, Dreemseeker, e3w, and Farming.
Published choral composer with The Lorenz Corporation: Heritage Press, Dayton OH.
Curriculum Vitae
Ms. Lachman’s original musicals and revues have been produced for amateur, college, and dinner theatre settings, including JAYMA’S SONG (’95), KILKEE: AN IRISH FOLK OPERETTA (’99), AN EXPLORATION OF GOODBYES (Otterbein College, ‘00), and TEN: A LOVE THEORY (Otterbein College, ‘03). In August 2006, she was one of sixteen up-and-coming singer/songwriters selected for an intensive workshop funded by the Johnny Mercer Foundation, performing for/with top writers in the music business, including Tony Award-winners Amanda McBroom ("The Rose") and David Zippel (Hercules, Mulan, City of Angels).
Visit www.mannoftalent.com/mercer2006/ to hear two original songs.
Solo Artist Recordings:
DEW 2001
HOMEMADE CANDLES 2003
Also appears on BRUCIE’S ATHENS SINGER-SONGWRITER SERIES, 2006
Member of ASCAP
Academic Presentations:
“Confessions of a Tattooed Mennonite,” 2006 Dayton LitFest
“Don’t You Have Anything Better to Do?” Work and Play and Humor in English Studies, Ohio University, 2006
“Beyond Borders,” Bluffton College, 2006
2006 Recipient of an Ohio University Graduate Student Senate Original Work Grant for “Poetics of Peace: Teaching and Writing in Liberia”
Courses
English 151: Writing and Rhetoric
English 306J: Women and Writing--"Women and Worship"
English 202: Critical Approaches to Poetry
English 153: Special Topics--"'Home' as Person/Place/Planet"
University College 190: Learning Community Seminar (for English majors)