Education: 

	Brooklyn College, B.A., 1950-1954
	Indiana University-Indianapolis, 1964-1966
	Butler University, M.A. in English, 1966-1971

Professional Experience:

	Visiting Poet, Randolph College, Spring 2009
	Poet in Residence, Georgia College & State University, 2006 to present.
	Editorial Assistant, The Georgia Review. Fall 2006.
	Poetry Editor, Arts & Letters Journal of Contemporary Culture, and Instructor of Creative Writing and Poetry at Georgia College & State University, Milledgeville, 2003-2006
	Professor Emerita of English and Creative Writing, 1993-, University of Indianapolis (at U of I, 1971-93)
	See “In the Service of the Muse: Alice Friman.” By Rebecca Blair. Profiles in Service. Indianapolis: U of Indianapolis P, 2006. 96-99.
	Visiting Professor at Ball State University, 1996
	Writer in Residence, Curtin University, Perth, Australia, 1989
	Visiting Faculty at Indiana State University, 1982
	Lecturer at IUPUI, 1971-74

Faculty Positions at Writers’ Conferences: 

	Murray State University, Murray, KY, January 2010
	Sotto Voce Poetry Festival, Shepherd University, Shepherdstown, WV, October 2009
	The Gettysburg Review Conference for Writers. June 6-11, 2007
	Featured Writer for Poetry. Grand Valley State University Writers Retreat, Grand Rapids, MI. August 2005
	Poetry Workshop. Arts & Letters Workshops. Georgia College & State University, Milledgeville, May 2004, May 2005
	Poetry Workshop. Midwest Writers Conference, Ball State University, Muncie, IN. July 1994, July 1998
	Numerous workshops for conferences sponsored by the Writers’ Center of Indiana, since the 1970s

Courses Taught: 

	Randolf College: Creative Writing Special Topics (Undergrad. spring 2009)
	Georgia College & State University (2004-): Advanced Poetry Workshop (Grad) Advanced Creative Writing (Grad/Undergrad)
	Ball State University: Poetry Writing (Grad/Undergrad, 1996)
	University of Indianapolis (1971-93): Graduate: Eighteenth-Century Literature; Readings in American Literature. Grad/Undergrad: Contemporary American Poetry; English Poetry (to Tennyson); Modern Poetry. Undergraduate: Creative Writing; Contemporary American Literature; Myth, Folklore, Fantasy; American Literature I; Short Story; Children's Literature; Poetry Seminar: Hopkins, Frost, Yeats, Eliot; Structure of American English; Drama of Ancient Greece; Honors Literature; Freshman Comp and Lit; Basic Writing
	Curtin University (Australia): Poetry Writing (Undergrad, 1989)
	IUPUI: Children's Literature, Freshman Comp, Freshman Lit  (Undergrad, 1971-74)

Memberships in Artistic and Professional Organizations:

	Poetry Society of America
	Association of Writers and Writing Programs (AWP)
	New England Poetry Club
	Modern Language Association
	South Atlantic Modern Language Association
	Writers’ Center of Indiana: Charter Member 1979,  Board Member 1984-89, Honorary Life Member 1993

Recent Judgings: 

	Final Judge, Rumi Prize, Arts & Letters, 2010
	Final Judge, Shenandoah, Glasgow Prize for Emerging Writers, 2009
	Judge of poetry manuscripts, MVP Competition, New Rivers Press, 2005
	Final Judge, James Boatwright III Prize for Poetry, Shenandoah, 2003

Editorial Work: 

	Editorial Assistant, The Georgia Review. Fall 2006.
	Poetry Editor, Arts & Letters Journal of Contemporary Culture, Georgia College & State University, Milledgeville, 2003-2006
	Poetry Editor, The Flying Island, Writers' Center of Indiana, 1993, 1996, 2001
	Editor, Loaves and Fishes: A Book of Indiana Women Poets. Writers' Center Press, Indianapolis, 1983