Sharon Kubasak

Sharon Kubasak serves as Associate Professor of English at Baldwin Wallace University, holding a Ph.D. from Case Western Reserve University, M.F.A. from University of California Irvine, and B.A. from Oberlin College.

Her academic foundation includes:

• Ph.D. in English (Case Western Reserve University)
• M.F.A. in Poetry (University of California, Irvine)
• B.A. in Creative Writing (Oberlin College)

Dr. Kubasak's research centers on modern and contemporary poetry, with scholarship spanning Sylvia Plath's dynamics (Beyond the Curfew of Desire), writer's block in Woolf/Nin (Doing the Limbo with Woolf and Nin), and Dickens analysis (Reflexive Delight). Her creative work appears in Field, Plume, and Verse, with international recognition including Best New Poets nominations and a North River Books broadside. She actively teaches poetry writing, creative nonfiction, and contemporary world poetry while developing magical realism seminars.

Her accolades feature:

• Ohio Arts Council Individual Excellence Award for poetry
• 2014 Baldwin Wallace University Bechberger Award for Human Development

Dr. Kubasak contributes to literary discourse as poetry reviewer for The Plain Dealer and academic journals, though student advising details remain unspecified in available records.