AMANDA COFFEY

CONTACT
Office: Rook 242
Phone: (503) 657-6958 ext. 2829
Email: amandac@clackamas.edu


Amanda has been teaching at CCC since 1996 when she moved to Portland with her then future husband from Tempe, AZ. There, she completed an MFA in Poetry and taught composition and creative writing at Arizona State University.

Though writing and teaching usually keep her busy, hobbies include gardening, cooking, reading poetry and collecting vintage dishes.

EDUCATION
M.F.A., Arizona State University
B.A., Virginia Commonwealth University

PROFESSIONAL INTERESTS
Interdisciplinary Teaching and Course Development
Community Literacy
Distance Learning
Editing and Publishing the Literary Journal

COURSES TAUGHT
Developmental Writing
Expository Writing
Argumentative Writing (mostly online)
Research Writing
Writing for Allied Health
Latino Literature
Literature by Genre (poetry, fiction and drama)
Creative Writing / Poetry
Editing and Publishing