About BeatrizBorn in Buenos Aires, and a long time Chicago resident, it's no wonder Beatriz is a world traveler.
Beatriz Badikian-Gartler earned her doctorate in creative writing from the University of Illinois at Chicago and has been the recipient of numerous awards and grants in the language arts. Recently, Badikian-Gartler has been a faculty member at Chicago's Roosevelt University , the University of Illinois at Chicago and the Newberry Library where she teaches literature, writing and women's studies. Today she teaches at Northwestern University in Evanston, and was recently named one of 100 Women Who Make a Difference by Today's Chicago Woman magazine |
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois Spring 2007 Topics in Latino Studies: Latinos in Hollywood Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois Fall 2006 Introduction to Latino Studies Newberry Library Lyceum Series, Chicago, Illinois Fall 2006, See the World, Write the Story: Travel Writing Workshop Aegean Arts Circle, Andros, Greece Summer 2006 Creative Writing Workshop Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois Spring 2006 Topics in Latino Studies: Latinos in Hollywood Newberry Library Lyceum Series, Chicago, Illinois Spring 2006, I Write; Therefore I Am: Memoir and Personal Essays ArtScape, Chicago, Illinois Spring 2006, See The World, Write The Story: Travel Writing Workshop Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois Fall 2005, 2006 Introduction to Latino Studies: Literature Newberry Library Lyceum Series, Chicago, Illinois Fall 2005 |
FELLOWSHIPS AND GRANTS
illinois Humanities Council Road Scholar, 2001-03 Nomination for Pushcart Priza XV!!!, 1993 CIVIC AND PROFESSIONAL SERVICE Board Member, The Guild Complex National Writers Union Steering Committee, Chicago FEMSPEC Board Member Gwendolyn Brooks Poetry Contest judge |