Background
Odishoo, Sarah A. was born on July 12, 1939 in Chicago, Illinois, United States.
literature and language professor writer poet
Odishoo, Sarah A. was born on July 12, 1939 in Chicago, Illinois, United States.
Bachelor in English Literature, Illinois Wesleyan University, 1961. Master of Arts in Poetry and English Literature, Northeast Illinois University, 1980.
Instructor English composition Northern Illinois University, 1982—1985. Professor English, world literature, mythology and writing Columbia College, Chicago, since 1985, professor literature, since 1992. Co-director freshman writing program, director professional writing program and seminars Columbia College, 1985-1989, president faculty organization, 1990-1992, director myth. workshops, 1998, guest poet/collaborator Civil Defense/sound collaboration, department sound, 1999, liaison to board trustees, CCFO representative, 1999-2000.
Faculty advisory council Illinois Board Higher Education, 1985-1989. Coordinator Poets, Playwrights, Editors, Essayists and Novelists association Midwest Reading Series, 1988-1989. Archeological dig for study of mythology of early Jewish and Christian nomadic cultures, Nitzana, 1992.
Artist in-residence Nitzana (Israel) Educational Project, department history Ben Gurion University Negev, 1993, University Wyoming, 1999, Byrdcliffe Colony, Woodstock (New York ) Guild, 2000. Lecturer River Oaks Art Council, Oak Park, Illinois, 2000, Chicago Cultural Center, 2003. Guest teacher Hyde School, Bath, Maine, 2003.
Mythic Path Instructor, Hyde School, Bath, Maine, 2003.
Daughter of Saul Eshoo and Nanajan Odishoo. Divorced; children: Elizabeth, Leslie.