Peter Owens - English Department - University of Massachusetts Dartmouth

Peter Owens
EdD, EdM Harvard University
AB Wesleyan University

Specializations: journalism, desktop publishing, software publishing, web publishing, research methods, computers and writing, creative writing (fiction)

Contact Info:
Office Location: Group I, Room 301
Office Phone: (508) 999-8046
E-mail address: powens@umassd.edu

Bio: Peter Owens is the author of the novel Rips and recipient of several national EDUCOM Award-winning software packages; is founder and the first editor of www.KidNews.com, winner of dozens of national and international awards; an essayist whose "Rumblings" appeared in the book Living North Country: Essays on Life and Landscape in Northern New York; a journalist whose work has appeared in scores of publications including "The Guardian" of London; and is author of the books Manmade Disasters: Oil and Chemical Spills, Lucent Books, 2004, Teens Health and Obesity, Mason Crest Books, 2005. Most recently his short fiction has appeared in Northwoods Anthology 2006 and Dan River Anthology (forthcoming). Owens is also an award-winning artist and photographer whose "Story Art" sculptures have appeared in galleries and can be seen at www.powens.com.

Contact Info:

Main Office — Group 1, Room 341; Phone: 508-999-8274; Fax: 508-999-9235
Catherine Houser — Chairperson; Group 1, Room 340; Phone: 508-999-8288; chouser@umassd.edu
Jerry Blitefield — Director of Graduate Programs; Group 1, Room 306; Phone: 508-910-6601; jblitefield@umassd.edu
Adam Cohen — Student Advisement, Group I, Room 326; Phone: 508-910-6523; acohen@umassd.edu
Stan Harrison — Associate Director of Graduate Programs; Group 1, Room 345A; Phone: 508-910-6467; sharrison@umassd.edu
William Nelles — Director of the MAT Program in English, Group I, Room 324; wnelles@umassd.edu
Patricia White — FYE Program Administrator, Group I, Room 1-305B; Phone: 508-999-8291; pwhite@umassd.edu

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