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Lisa Grunberger serves as an Assistant Professor in the English Department within Temple University's College of Liberal Arts, where she is a core faculty member in the First Year Writing Program. Her teaching encompasses critical writing and reading, composition, creative writing, poetry, literature, and popular fiction courses including English 0701 and English 0802.
Education
- Doctorate in Comparative Religions with specialty in American Cultural History, University of Chicago Divinity School
Dr. Grunberger's research spans First Year Writing, Creative Writing, Literature, Popular Fiction, Poetry, Feminism, and Theatre, with distinctive explorations at the intersection of Judaism and Yoga. Her ethnographic theatre project The Fertility Monologues investigates artificial reproductive technologies through interviews with professionals and families, while her Digital Storytelling initiative at Temple University merges narrative and technology.
Her publications reveal thematic continuity in cultural fusion and identity exploration, with Yiddish Yoga exemplifying her signature blend of Jewish tradition and physical practice, and her poetry collections like Born Knowing addressing intimate narratives of spirituality and heritage.
Awards
- Dorbrecht Reward from the Society of Independent Scholars for work on Judaism and Yoga
As an educator and artist, Dr. Grunberger mentors students through innovative courses like Facing the Blank Page, Facing the Yoga Mat designed to overcome writer's block. She actively contributes to cultural discourse as Arts and Culture Editor for the Philadelphia Jewish Voice and through national engagements promoting her work at bookstores, synagogues, and yoga centers.
Research Initiatives
- Temple University's Digital Storytelling program
- The Fertility Monologues ethnographic theatre project
- Adaptation of Yiddish Yoga into a stage musical
