Karen Head | |
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| Born | Karen Judy Head 1967 (age 55–56) United States |
| Occupation | Poet, educator, editor |
| Period | 2003–present |
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Karen Head is an American poet, educator and editor. She is a professor at the Georgia Institute of Technology where she is the executive director of the Communication Center. Head is known for her contributions to Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs)[1]
Head is also the editor of the international poetry journal, Atlanta Review. In April 2018, the Waffle House Foundation funded Head's poetry tour project for under-served Georgia high school students. Additionally, Head was declared Waffle House Poet Laureate.[2] In 2020, she was named the inaugural Poet Laureate of Fulton County, Georgia. [3]
Works
Books
- Mother Mary Comes to Me: A Pop Culture Poetry Anthology (Madville Publishing, 2020, ISBN 978-1948692427)
- Lost on Purpose (Iris Press, 2019, ISBN 978-1604542554)
- Disrupt This!: MOOCs and the Promises of Technology (University Press of New England, 2017, ISBN 978-1512600506)
- On Occasion: Four Poets, One Year (Poetry Atlanta Press, 2014, ISBN 978-1304881267)
- Teaching as a Human Experience: An Anthology of Contemporary Poems (Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2015, ISBN 978-1443876551)
- Sassing (WordTech Communications, 2009, ISBN 978-1934999592)
- My Paris Year (All Nations Press, 2009, ISBN 1-55245-154-2)
- Shadow Boxes: Poems and Prose Poems (All Nations Press, 2003, ISBN 978-0972511025)
References
- ↑ Guzdial, Mark (October 18, 2013). "Results From the First-Year Course MOOCs: Not There Yet". Communications of the ACM. ACM. Retrieved April 20, 2017.
- ↑ "Poetry Foundation: Waffle House Has Its Own Poet Laureate". Poetry Foundation Poetry News. Poetry Foundation. Retrieved August 15, 2021.
- ↑ "Fulton County Arts and Culture Announces Poet Laureate". Fulton County Georgia Government News. Fulton County Georgia Government. Retrieved September 25, 2020.
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