Danita Berg
Address: Casselberry, FL 32707
E-mail: danitaberg (at) gmail (dot) com
Professional info
Danita Berg has worked as a journalist, professional writer, educator, and administrator in higher education for more than 20 years.
Work experience (selected)
Assistant Professor of Communication and Humanities, and Online Program Chair of Liberal Studies, Florida Institute of Technology
2019-present
English Department Director, Full Sail University
2012-2019
Assistant Professor of Writing and Director of the Red Earth MFA in Creative Writing, Oklahoma City University
2009-2012
Visiting Assistant Professor of Rhetoric and Creative Writing, Campus Newspaper Advisor, Eckerd College
2003-2009
Graduate Teaching Assistant, English Department, University of South Florida
2002-2009
Marketing Director and Coordinator of Publications, University of South Florida
1997-2002
Education
Ph.D. in English, Rhetoric and Composition
University of South Florida, 2010
MFA in Creative Writing
Goddard College, 2007
MA in English, Emphasis in Creative Writing
University of South Florida, 2003
BA in English, Emphasis in Creative Writing
University of South Florida, 2002
BS in Journalism
Ball State University, 1994
Links
I co-spoke on best practices for online teaching at Secluded: An Online Writing Conference in July 2020.
Author and instructor John King and I talk about why creative writing and composition might not be best considered as discrete fields on his writing podcast, The Drunken Odyssey with John King.
Fellow writing professor Kyle Stedman and I talk about composing creatively on his Writing Commons Blog.
Hear me read my essay "Note on my Skin" on The Drunken Odyssey.
I moderated a panel on collaboration at Full Sail University's Hall of Fame annual alumni/student event in February 2017.
Multilingual Matters published my blog on the need to lift the lines between composition and creative writing.
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2010 - present
2010 - present