Johanna Aitchison
QUALIFICATIONS
MA Creative Writing, Victoria University of Wellington, Grad. Dip tchg (Prim) Victoria University of Wellington, Legal Professionals, Otago University Institute of Professional Bachelor of Laws (Otago University)
PAPERS TAUGHT
Creative Writing
RESEARCH INTERESTS
Alter egos in contempory lyric poetry
COUNTRIES LIVED IN
Japan, Republic of Ireland, New Zealand.
PREVIOUS ROLES
International Writing Program Fellow (University of Iowa), Artist-in-Residence (Massey University), JET Programme Assistant Language Teacher, Legal Editor, Lexis-Nexis Butterworths Litigation Solicitor, Anderson Lloyd
COMMUNITY WORK / INTERESTS
swimming in the Business House IPU relay team, I am active in community arts, particularly poetry.
MY PASSIONS
I love keeping fit: running marathons and half marathons, running with my son; working out with friends, and going to yoga; I love any kind of art, especially visual art; I love expanding students' ideas of what they are capable of; and I love to sing karaoke.
Eighty percent of success is showing up
-Woody Allen