Awards

Background & Credentials

May 24

Written By Amanda Barusch

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Best Short Fiction - Nomination

Braddock Avenue Books, 2017

Leadership Award

Association for Gerontology Education-Social Work, 2002

McPhee Award for Excellence in Teaching

University of Utah Graduate School of Social Work, 2001

Outstanding Professor, Class of 2001

University of Utah, Graduate School of Social Work, 2001

McPhee Award for Excellence in Research

University of Utah Graduate School of Social Work, 1999

Certificate of Appreciation for Dedication and Leadership

Association for Gerontology Education - Social Work, 1996

Gerontological Society of America Social Research Policy and Practice Section, 1992

Utah’s first Nominee for the AAUW Young Scholar Award

American Association of University Women, 1990

Regent’s Fellow

Regent’s Fellow - University of California, Berkeley, 1982, 1983

Funding for Undergraduate Research

National Science Foundation funding for undergraduate research, 1976

Letter of Commendation for Academic Excellence

Letter of Commendation for Academic Excellence, Reed College, 1974

Amanda Barusch has worked as a janitor, exotic dancer, editor, and college professor. She lives in the American West, where she spends as much time as possible on dirt paths. She has an abiding disdain for boundaries and adores ambiguity. Amanda has published eight books of non-fiction, a few poems, and a growing number of short stories. Aging Angry is her first work of creative non-fiction. She uses magical realism to explore deep truths of the human experience in this ever-changing world.

https://www.amandabarusch.com

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