Allyson Goldin - University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire

EDUCATION:
Allyson Goldin Loomis
416 Garfield Ave. • Eau Claire, WI 54701
(715) 834-9550 • goldinaa@uwec.edu
1994-1996 MFA Creative Writing, The University of Montana, Missoula, Montana
1987-1992 BA English Literature, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts
BA Philosophy, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts
AWARDS & HONORS:
2010 Sabbatical for fall, 2011, granted by the University of Wisconsin System
Administration
2009 Grant, funded through the Office of Graduate Studies, for the development
of the new degree: MA in English – Writing
2008 The Elizabeth Morris Library Outreach Award, University of Wisconsin –
Eau Claire
2005 University Research and Creative Activity Grant Award, University of
Wisconsin Eau Claire
2005 Wisconsin Arts Board Artist Fellowship Award: Literary grant
2003 Artists Residency, Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, Sweetbriar, VA
2000 Artist’s Residency, The Hambidge Center, Rabun Gap, Georgia
1997-98 Jay C. & Ruth Halls Fellowship, The Wisconsin Institute for Creative
Writing, English Department, University of Wisconsin, Madison,
Wisconsin
1996 MFA Fiction Teaching Fellowship, The University of Montana, English
Department, Missoula, Montana
PUBLICATIONS:
“Separation Anxitey,” Airplane Reading (www.airplanereading.org),
October, 2011
“Bermuda Triangle,” Pleiades, Fall 2010
“Brando,” The Madison Review, Spring 2009
“The Names of Our Many Misfortunes,” Glimmer Train, Fall, 2005
“Hollywood House,” The Black Warrior Review, Spring, 2001
“Dearest Darling, Darling Dear,” Madison Review, Vol. 21, No. 1,

JOURNALISM:
CURRENT PROJECTS:
ACADEMIC POSITIONS:
Winter 1999, 11-31.
“Shelf Life,” Puerto Del Sol, Vol. 33, No. 2, Summer 1998, 190-206
“The Incoherent Brain: Learning to Teach the Learning Disabled,”
Harper’s Magazine, May 1998, 55-64
Thinkpiece: “Maternity Matters,” Volume One, May 8, 2008
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“For Mother’s Day, Write Mom a Check,” Wisconsin State Journal, April
29, 2008
Commentary: “Finding Words” All Things Considered, National Public
Radio, September 13, 2001
Short story collection: Century City: Stories of Los Angeles
Memoir: Demented: Tales of Full-Time-Full-Time Woman
Summer, 2008 Instructor, Truro Center for the Arts at Castle Hill, Truro, Massachusetts
2002-present Assistant Professor of English, University of Wisconsin—Eau Claire, Eau
Claire, Wisconsin
2001-2002 Instructor, UCLA, The Writer’s Program and The Critical Reading and
Writing Program, UCLA Extension, Los Angeles, California
1999-2000 Adjunct Professor of English (one-year replacement), Department of
English, Lewis & Clark College, Portland, Oregon
1998-1999 Writer-in-Residence, English Department, University of Wisconsin,
Madison, Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin (one year position)
1997-1998 Jay C. & Ruth Halls Fellow, The Wisconsin Institute for Creative Writing,
English Department, University of Wisconsin (one year position)
1996 Instructor, Seattle Central Community College, Humanities Department,
Seattle, Washington (one semester position)
1996 MFA Fiction Teaching Fellow, The University of Montana, English
Department, Missoula, Montana (one semester position)
1995 Writing Lab Instructor, The University of Montana, English Department,
Missoula, Montana (one semester position)

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1994-95 Teaching Assistant, English Department, The University of Montana,
Missoula, Montana (two year position)
COURSES TAUGHT:
Summer, 2008 Truro Center for the Arts at Castle Hill
Memoir Writing
2002-present University of Wisconsin at Eau Claire
Introduction to College Writing (ENGL 110)
Introduction to Texts (ENGL 210)
Introduction to Creative Writing (ENGL 220)
Intermediate Creative Writing (ENGL 301)
Intermediate Story Writing (ENGL 311)
Fiction Workshop (ENGL 411/ 611)
Nonfiction Workshop (ENGL 412/612)
The Novel (ENGL 275)
The Short Story (ENGL 274)
Historical Literature (ENGL 396)
Graduate Seminar: Historical Novel (ENGL 779)
2001-2002 UCLA Extension
Writing the Short Story
Intermediate Fiction Writing
Critical Reading and Writing: Historical Fiction
1999-2000 Lewis & Clark College
Fiction Writing
Advanced Fiction Salon
Introduction to the Short Story
1997-1999 University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin
Advanced Fiction Workshop
Intermediate Fiction Workshop
Introduction to Creative Writing Workshop
1996 Seattle Central Community College, Seattle, Washington
Beginning Writing
1994-1996 The University of Montana, Missoula Montana
Introduction to Fiction Writing
Independent Study: Screenwriting
Basic Composition
TEACHING AWARDS:
2011 Honorable Mention in Arts & Humanities category in UWEC Student
Research Day, with students Ben Kelma and Matthew Troge, for
film/poster presentation: Everything & Nothing
2007 Named a “Favorite UWEC Professor” Towers North Hall, University of
Wisconsin at Eau Claire
2005 Named a “Favorite UWEC Professor”, Katharine Thomas Hall, University
of Wisconsin at Eau Claire
ACADEMIC SERVICE:

2010-2011 Chair, Creative Wiring Search Committee, Department of English,
University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire
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2010-2011 Interim Director of Graduate Studies, Department of English, University
of Wisconsin-Eau Claire
2010-2011 Member, Schedules Committee, Department of English, University of
Wisconsin-Eau Claire
2009-2011 Member, Curriculum Committee, Department of English, University of
Wisconsin-Eau Claire
2009-2011 Member of Liberal Studies Committee & Liberal Studies Adviser, College
of Arts & Sciences, University of Wisconsin - Eau Claire
2008-2009 Orientation Adviser, University of Wisconsin – Eau Claire
2008-2009 Chair, Creative Writing Committee, Department of English, University of
Wisconsin - Eau Claire
2008-2009 Member of The Chair’s Advisory Committee, Department of English,
University of Wisconsin - Eau Claire
2007-present Member of the Graduate Executive Committee, Department of English,
University of Wisconsin - Eau Claire
2007-present Kirkwood Award Administrator, Department of English, University of
Wisconsin - Eau Claire
2003-2004 Board Member: Eau Claire Regional Arts Council, Eau Claire Book
Festival
2005-2007 Member of the Composition Committee, Department of English,
University of Wisconsin at Eau Claire
2004-2008 Member of Creative Writing Committee, Department of English,
University of Wisconsin at Eau Claire
2002-2004 Board Member: Eau Claire Regional Arts Council, Eau Claire Book
Festival
2002-2009 Faculty Advisor to NOTA, undergraduate literary magazine at The
University of Wisconsin at Eau Claire
EDITORIAL EXPERIENCE:
2008 Judge: The Halls Emerging Artist Fellowship for the Wisconsin Institute
for Creative Writing, University of Wisconsin-Madison
2005 Judge: Eudora Welty Fiction Prize, English Department, University of
Wisconsin-Madison

1998 Researcher, Outside Magazine, Santa Fe, New Mexico
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1998 Judge: Wisconsin Institute for Creative Writing Fellowship applications,
University of Wisconsin
1998 Judge: Eudora Welty Fiction Prize and Felix Pollak Poetry Prize, English
Department, University of Wisconsin-Madison
1997 & 1998 Final Screening Committee Judge: Brittingham / Pollak Poetry Prize,
University of Wisconsin Press, University of Wisconsin-Madison
1995-96 Editor-in-Chief, Cutbank, The University of Montana
PUBLIC LECTURES AND READINGS:
The Elizabeth Morris Library Outreach series: Truth or Daring? An
exploration of Historical Fiction, L.E. Phillips Memorial Library, Eau
Claire, WI, September 16 & 30 and October 14 & 28, 2009
Lecturer, Writer’s Alive @ the Library, South Middle School, Eau Claire,
WI, March 9, 2009
Lecturer, ESCAD, Professional Development Writing Workshop,
University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire, February 6, 2009
Speaker, Freshman Provocation, University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire,
September 16, 2008 & (upcoming) October 12, 2009
Local Authors’ Reading, Chippewa Valley Book Festival, Eau Claire, WI,
October, 2007
“Love and Other Calamities” A joint reading with Jon Loomis, English
Festival, UWEC, May 2007
Introductions for Charles Baxter: English Festival, UWEC, May 2007
Introductions for Charles Baxter, Eau Claire Book Festival, October, 2005
NOTA faculty reading, December 2, 2003
Featured reader at Canterbury Books, Madison WI, February 19, 2003
UWEC NOTA Open House, Featured Reader, November 5, 2002

REFERENCES:
Martin Wood, Professor of English, Chair
Department of English
University of Wisconsin – Eau Claire
105 Garfield Ave
Eau Claire, WI 54702-4004
(715) 836-2026
mwood@uwec.edu
Linda Venis, Ph.D., Director, Department of the Arts
UCLA Extension
10995 Le Conte Avenue #440
Los Angeles, CA 90024-2883
(310) 206-2524
lvenis@unex.ucla.edu
Jack Hart, Professor of English, Chair
English Department
Lewis & Clark College
0612 SW Palatine Hill Road
Portland, OR 97219
(503) 768-7412
jhart@lclark.edu
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Jesse Lee Kercheval, Professor of English, Director—Wisconsin Institute for Creative Writing
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Department of English
Helen C. White Hall
600 N. Park Street
Madison, WI 53706

(608) 263-3756
jlkerche@wisc.edu
Ronald Wallace, Professor of English, Director—Creative Writing Program
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Department of English
Helen C. White Hall
600 N. Park Street
Madison, WI 53706
(608) 263-3705
rwallace@wisc.edu
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