Episode #47: Interview with Debra Johanyak Wednesday, November 19th 2008 @ 2:06 PM (not yet rated)
Dr. Debra Johanyak grew up in Akron, Ohio. Her graduate studies included a year in Shiraz, Iran, where she held a teaching assistantship. Debra began her professional career as an English instructor, and later, as an assistant professor, at Kent State University before coming to The University of Akron Wayne College, where she currently is Professor of English. She also is Past President of the Ohio Association of Two Year Colleges (1999-2000).
In addition to teaching English composition and literature courses, including Shakespeare and His World, Debra enjoys writing and publishing. Several short stories appear in literary magazines, with dozens of articles published in professional and popular journals or websites. Her book Shakespeare's World was published by Prentice Hall in 2004, and a second book, Behind the Veil (about the 1979 Iran hostage crisis), will be published by The University of Akron press in 2006. She currently is co-editing a collection of essays about Shakespeare and the Orient with Walter Lim of Singapore National University.
