Chris Vinsonhaler

Program: English Ph.D.
Began program in 2006
Area of Study: Medieval

E-Mail: chris-vinsonhaler@uiowa.edu

Beowulf
Awarded a fellowship funded by the National Endowment for the Arts, Chris Vinsonhaler is an author and performing artist who tours nationally and internationally, offering programs for community events, conferences, schools, and universities.

Artistic Director
Chris Vinsonhaler has produced eight recordings created by and for children, along with one music recording and one storytelling recording for adults. See audio & books at ImagineNation.net. She is also the director of The Great Oaks Storytelling Festival, an award-winning annual event in Ocean Springs, Mississippi.

Educator
Language begins with listening and speaking, and language develops most efficiently through listening and speaking. Chris offers innovative, practical, and proven methods to integrate speaking, listening, reading, and writing across the curriculum.

Trained as a journalist with master's degrees in English and library science, she has served as a columnist on children's literature for Mississippi's statewide newspaper, The Clarion-Ledger. She is also a veteran teacher who has served more than a decade as a touring artist and arts consultant with the Mississippi Arts Commission.

Chris Vinsonhaler

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