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Jennifer Wohlfarth
Director of Undergraduate Studies, Educator Associate Professor
13B McMicken Hall
513-556-0934
jennifer.wohlfarth@uc.edu
Education
M.A. in English (Editing and Publishing), University of Cincinnati, 1999.
B.A. in Creative Writing (Composition) and Advertising, University of Evansville, Indiana, 1993.
Professional Summary
Jenny Wohlfarth has been teaching at UC since 2000 and currently serves as the department's Director of Undergraduate Studies and Magazine Track Coordinator. She is the faculty adviser for UC's online student magazine, Verge, and the UC chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists (SPJ). Before coming to UC full-time, Jenny worked for numerous award-winning national magazines; she is a former executive editor of I.D. (International Design) Magazine and a former managing editor of HOW Magazine. She has published articles in a wide variety of national consumer and trade magazines, covering art, architecture, animals/agriculture, business, conservation/environment, design, travel and urban/social issues. She is a contributing editor at Cincinnati Magazine and continues to write for several national magazines. She has co-presented at numerous teaching conferences, including the International Lilly Conference for College Teaching and the International Society of the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning Annual Conference, and has been honored with teaching and writing awards, including the 2012 David Eshelman Outstanding Campus Adviser Award, a national award given by the Society of Professional Journalists. She has served as a juror for several magazine journalism and graphic-design competitions, including national contests sponsored by SPJ, Writer’s Digest, HOW Magazine, The Thoroughbred Times and the American Horse Publications. She is a member of the Society of Professional Journalists and the Society of Environmental Journalists.
Popular Magazine Articles
"Cincinnati Magazine." Men in Tights 2007
"Cincinnati Magazine." See Rock City 2007
"Cincinnati Magazine." Stone Crazy 2007
"Cincinnati Magazine." Row Your Boat 2007
"Cincinnati Magazine." What Lies Beneath 2007
"Cincinnati Magazine." Prairie Style 2007
"Cincinnati Magazine." Stitching City 2007
"Cincinnati Magazine." Glass Act 2007
"Cincinnati Magazine." Mix Master 2007
"Cincinnati Magazine." Merry-Go-Town 2006
"Cincinnati Magazine." Trail Mix 2006
"Cincinnati Magazine." The Good Stuff 2006
"Cincinnati Magazine." Autumn Harvest 2006
"Cincinnati Magazine." Threaded Bliss 2006
"Cincinnati Magazine." Eagle, Eyed 2006
"Cincinnati Magazine." Flight Plan 2006
"Cincinnati Magazine." Cabin Fever 2006
"HOW Magazine." Progressive Thinking 2005
"Cincinnati Magazine." Elf Expressions 2005
"Artist's Magazine." When Disaster Strikes 2005
"HOW Magazine." Fresh Goods 2005
"Cincinnati Magazine." Back in Time 2005
"HOW Magazine." Looks Good on Paper 2005
"Cincinnati Magazine." Horsin' Around 2005
"Cincinnati Magazine." Feeling Vine 2005
"Cincinnati Magazine." Dining by Design 2005
"Cincinnati Magazine." Aaah, Spa 2005
"HOW Magazine." It's All Good 2004
"Artist's Magazine." Human Touches 2004
"Cincinnati Magazine." Major League Appeal 2004
"HOW Magazine." House Blend 2004
"Cincinnati Magazine." Animal Magnetism 2004
"Cincinnati Magazine." Rare Finds 2004
"Cincinnati Magazine." Making Tracks 2004
"Cincinnati Magazine." Shore Explorer 2004
"HOW Magazine." New Attitude 2004
Paper Presentations
Wohlfarth, D. & Wohlfarth, J. The teacher in the mirror: how we define ourselves in the classroom. 27th Annual Lilly Conference on College Teaching, Oxford, OH. 2007.
Wohlfarth, D. & Wohlfarth J. Learning while teaching: an achievable collaboration. Kentucky Conference on the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, Lexington, KY. 2007.
Wohlfarth, D. & Wohlfarth, J. Let’s talk: learning while teaching. 26th Annual Lilly Conference on College Teaching, Oxford, OH. 2006.
Wohlfarth, D., Wohlfarth, J., Wohlfarth-Moorman, J., Wohlfarth, M., Wohlfarth, K., and Wohlfarth, S. Five sisters share: creative ideas for teaching different disciplines. 25th Annual Lilly Conference on College Teaching, Oxford, OH. 2005.
Wohlfarth, D., Cason, J., Wohlfarth J., & Simon, B. Creating a little TLC (teaching-learning community) with no budget and no time. Kentucky Conference on the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, Lexington, KY. 2009.
Cason, J., Wohlfarth, D., Wohlfarth, J., & Simon, B. Innovative SoTL programming: developing teaching and learning communities. International Society for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning Annual Conference, Bloomington, IN. 2009.
Lynch, E., Strathern, C., Wohlfarth, J., & Cheatham, M. . The teaching commons on campus: supporting scholarly teaching and the scholarship of teaching and learning through a teacher scholar inquiry group. International Society of the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning Annual Conference, Bloomington, IN. 2009.
Wohlfarth, D., Cason, J., & Wohlfarth, J. Building teaching learning communities. 29th International Lilly Conference on College Teaching, Oxford, OH. 2009.
Strathern, C., Lynch, E., Wohlfarth, J., & Cheatham, M. Planting seeds: supporting scholarly teaching and SoTL through a multidisciplinary effort. 29th International Lilly Conference on College Teaching, Oxford, OH. 2009.
Lynch, E., Wohlfarth, J., Cheatham, M., & Strathern, C. The teacher scholar inquiry group: developing a teaching commons through multidisciplinary collaboration. 30th International Lilly Conference on College Teaching, Oxford, OH. 2010.
