Urbanek, Jennifer

Jennifer Cimmerian Urbanek attended Florida Atlantic University, where she attained a BA in English writing and rhetoric and a degree in interdisciplinary arts and humanities with a concentration in linguistics. She went on to earn an MFA in poetry from Bennington College and a PhD in English with a concentration in creative writing at the University of Louisiana – Lafayette. She is continuing her research in disability studies, queer literature, Southern literature and poetry. She is seeking a publisher for The Chameleon Who Wanted to Be a Color That Does Not Exist and her earlier work, Ballad of the Riot Dog. She joined Tulane as a visiting assistant professor in the Fall 2021. Urbanek’s interests include lapidary arts, gardening, aquatic/nautical sports and meandering road trips.