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Speaker Biography

Dr. William “Buzz” Alexander
Arthur F Thurnau Professor and Professor of English Language and Literature
College of Literature, Science and the Arts
The University of Michigan

Buzz Alexander is a professor of English Language and Literature at the University of Michigan and founder and member of the Prison Creative Arts Project. Since 1990 he has been a member of the Sisters Within Theater Troupe at the Florence Crane, Western Wayne, and Huron Valley Correctional Facilities, which recently completed its 24th play, and between 2001 and 2007 he was a member of the Poet’s Corner at the Southern Michigan Correctional Facility. Since 1996 he has co-curated thirteen Annual Exhibitions of Art by Michigan Prisoners. Two of his courses teach students how to facilitate workshops in the arts in urban high schools and Michigan juvenile facilities and prisons. He has received the Amoco Good Teaching Award, the University of Michigan Regents’ Award for Distinguished Public Service, the University of Michigan Thurnau Professorship, the Harold R. Johnson Diversity Service Award, and in 2005 received the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching and Council for the Advancement and Support of Education Professor of the Year Award. 

While a complete biography is not available at this time, please check out the article that appeared in the The University Record Online about Dr. William “Buzz” Alexander.

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