dr. mary claiter is the associate director of undergraduate studies and university honors lecturer in english. dr. claiter taught sara on her seminar on creative writing, and i'll add takes full credit for her success. [laughter] so help me welcome dr. mary clater. >> welcome. it is really a thrill. i can't tell you what a thrill it is to introduce sara smarsh tonight. i first met sara before she started at ku and was fortunate to have her in my freshman writing seminar called so you want to be a writer, hu? and it's going on 24 years. we have a lot of writers, and to have the benefit of her abilities when she was a sedge nar assistant for the same class her senior year. i watched sara become a tenacious thinker and writer, one hungry to explore her own world and tell its truths. she has been doing that ever since. she holds a msa from columbia, as well as degrees in journalism and english from u of kansas. her previous education involved other schools in kansas. she has taught creative writing at columbia university, washington university, the writing barn in austin texas, and the lawrence a

dr. mary claiter is the associate director of undergraduate studies and university honors lecturer in english dr. claiter taught sara on her seminar on creative writing, and i'll add takes full credit f