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Jeff Elzinga

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Jeff ElzingaPosition: Professor of Writing
Chair, General Studies Division

Education: B.A. St. Olaf College
M.F.A. Columbia University

First year at Lakeland: 1980

Courses taught in 2011-12:

WRT 215 Fiction Writing
WRT 280 Screenwriting
GEN 100 College Writing Workshop

Courses taught in 2012-13:
WRT 215 Fiction Writing
WRT 410 Advanced Fiction Writing
GEN 100 College Writing Workshop
GEN 445 Global Conflict and Cooperation


Family: Wife, Valerie; son, Eliot; daughter, Celine; son, Paul

Professional Achievements:
- Formerly a career Foreign Service Officer in Africa,U.S.Department of State
- Advisory Board Member, Academic Support Network, Raising Malawi

Community Involvement:
- President, Howards Grove School Board