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Curriculum Vitae

Robin Kirk

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Bivins 107
Durham, NC 27708
(919) 641-0635 (office)
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Education

M.F.A.Vermont College2014
B.A.The University of Chicago1982
Awards, Honors, and Distinctions

Indie Award for Young Adult fiction, BiblioLabs
Bronze Award for Young Adult Fiction, Foreward
David L. Paletz Innovative Teaching Funds, Duke, January, 2013
Essayist, Best American Travel Writing for 2012, Mariner Books, October, 2012
Career Development Grant 2012, American Association of University Women, January, 2012
Co-Director, BorderWork(s) Humanities Lab, Franklin Humanities Institute, July, 2011-2014
Winner, 2010 Independent Poetry contest, The Independent Weekly (North Carolina), January, 2010
Fulbright teaching fellowship, Fulbright Commission, August, 2006
Best essay ("Murderers I have known"), Glamour Magazine, November, 2005
Mary Ingraham Bunting Fellowship, Radcliffe College, January, 1995-1996
Selected Recent Invited Talks

“Durham and Belfast: segregated cities in comparison”, Belfast, Northern Ireland, 1 May 2014  
Memory Bandits: the past, human rights and social justice, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, October 24, 2012  
Memory Bandits: the past, human rights and social justice, World View symposium, October 20, 2011  
Publications (listed separately)

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