Professor Nawrocki joined the University of Bridgeport as a full time lecturer in 2007. Prior to that she worked as an adjunct and Learning Specialist with the Academic Resource Center. Since her appointment as Lecturer, she has worked with both the English Department and with the First Year Stud...
Professor Nawrocki joined the University of Bridgeport as a full time lecturer in 2007. Prior to that she worked as an adjunct and Learning Specialist with the Academic Resource Center. Since her appointment as Lecturer, she has worked with both the English Department and with the First Year Studies Program. She is an adivisor, teaches courses in creative writing and the Humanities, and coordinates the Composition courses. She has taught classes for IDEAL and for the School of Education. She is the co-editor of UB's literary magazine Groundswell and a contributor to the Commons, UB's Faculty Essay Series.
As a poet, Professor Nawrocki has won numerous awards and had her work published in many journals and magazines such as New Millennium Writings, The Wayfarer, Phi Kappa Phi Forum, The Litchfield Review, Illuminations, Garbanzo Literary Magazine, and The Newtowner. She has four collections of poetry, and one forthcoming. She has performed her work on campus and across the region in bookstores, libraries, and poetry festivals.
In addition to her work in poetry, Professor Nawrocki is the co-author of three Connecticut History books. She has lectured numerous times on Connecticut's culture and its traditions. She has appeared with Ann Nyberg and was featured on the Faith Middleton Show.