Academic Work
Fenkl is an associate professor of English and Asian Studies at SUNY New Paltz. He previously served as coordinator of the school's Creative Writing Program and was director of the now-defunct ISIS: The Interstitial Studies Institute (also at New Paltz).
Before his appointment to his current position at SUNY, he taught a wide array of creative writing, folklore, and Asian literature courses at Vassar College, Bard College, Eastern Michigan University, Sarah Lawrence College, and Yonsei University (Korea). At New Paltz, Fenkl regularly teaches creative writing in addition to courses on Asian literature & film and folklore.
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