Lynn Marie Zimmerman Bloom

Background

Bloom, Lynn Marie Zimmerman was born on July 11, 1934 in Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States. Daughter of O.T. and Mildred Lillian (Kisling) Zimmerman.

Education

Bachelor, University of Michigan, 1956; Master of Arts, University of Michigan, 1957; Doctor of Philosophy, University of Michigan, 1963.

Career

From assistant professor to associate professor English Butler University, Indianapolis, 1970-1974. Associate professor, writing director University New Mexico, Albuquerque, 1975-1978, College William & Mary, Williamsburg, Virginia, 1978-1982. Professor English, department chair Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, 1982-1988.

Professor English, Aetna chair writing University Connecticut, Storrs, since 1988, board trustees distinguished professor, since 2000. Editorial board Writing Program Administration, 1981-1983, Journal Advanced Composition, since 1983, Auto/Biography Studies, since 1990. Advisory board New England Consortium English Doctoral Programs—Rhetoric, University New Hampshire, Durham, since 1991.

President Council Writing Program Administrators, Miami University, Oxford, Ohio, 1989-1990. Board directors National Archives of Composition & Rhetoric, University New Hampshire, Durham, since 1993. Executive council Conference on College Composition & Communications, Urbana, Illinois, 1980-1982.

Achievements

• Lynn Marie Zimmerman Bloom has been listed as a notable English language educator, writer by Marquis Who's Who.

Works

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  • The Seven Deadly Virtues and Other Lively Essays: Coming of Age as a Writer, Teacher, Risk Taker (Hardback) - Common

    (In this autobiography, writer and educator Bloom discusse...)

  • New Assertive Woman, The

    ( This guide provides information about assertive trainin...)

  • Fact and Artifact: Writing Nonfiction (2nd Edition)

    ( Focuses on the kinds of nonfiction writing that real wr...)

  • The Seven Deadly Virtues and Other Lively Essays: Coming of Age As a Writer, Teacher, Risk Taker

    (This volume contains eye-opening essays from a pioneering...)

  • Writers Without Borders: Writing and Teaching Writing in Troubled Times (Lauer Series in Rhetoric and Composition)

    (In WRITERS WITHOUT BORDERS: WRITING AND TEACHING WRITING ...)

  • Inquiry: Questioning, Reading, Writing (2nd Edition)

    ( This cross-curricular composition book emphasizes the ...)

  • Composition Studies As A Creative Art - Teaching, Writing, Scholarship, Administration

    (Twenty essays addressing the critical issues involved in ...)

  • The Arlington Reader: Contexts and Connections by Bloom, Lynn Z., Smith, Louise Z. Bedford/St. Martin's, 2007 ( Paperback ) 2nd edition Paperback

    (The Arlington Reader: Contexts and Connections by Bloom, ...)

  • Doctor Spock; biography of a conservative radical

    (Hardcover 1972)

  • Fact and Artifact: Writing Nonfiction
  • The Seven Deadly Virtues and Other Lively Essays: Coming of Age As a Writer, Teacher, Risk Taker by Bloom, Lynn Z. (2008) Hardcover
  • By Lynn Z. Bloom - Fact and Artifact: Writing Nonfiction: 2nd (second) Edition
  • Fact and Artifact: Writing Nonfiction
  • The Arlington Reader 2nd (second) edition Text Only

Membership

Member Modern Language Association (delegate assembly 1991-1993, chair division teaching writing 1987-1991), National Council Teachers English (grantee 1997-1998), Phi Beta Kappa, Phi Kappa Phi.

Interests

• Avocations: travel, cooking, swimming, hiking. E-mail: [email protected].

Connections

Married Martin Bloom, July 11, 1958. Children: Bard, Laird.

Father:

O.T. Zimmerman

Mother:

Mildred Lillian (Kisling) Zimmerman

Spouse:

Martin Bloom

child:

Laird Bloom

child:

Bard Bloom