Faculty Profile

Sharon O'Brien

Adjunct Faculty in Creative Writing (2021)

Contact Information

obrien@dickinson.edu

East College Room 405
717-245-1497

Education

  • B.A
  • Radcliffe College, 1967
  • Ph.D., Harvard University, 1975

2023-2024 Academic Year

Spring 2024

CRWR 219 Creative Writing: Memoir/Essay
May include memoir, creative nonfiction, screenwriting, biography, novel writing, graphic novel, playwriting, “genre” fiction (e.g., detective, sci-fi), subgenres of poetry (e.g., visual poetry), subgenres of fiction (e.g., Magical Realism), and other forms of non-analytical writing not routinely offered. Prerequisite: CRWR 218 or any film course when topic is Screenwriting; otherwise none.