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Meet Dorothy Phaire, Ph.D.
An educator, novelist, playwright and currently an adjunct professor at the University of the District of Columbia. Dr. Phaire is the owner of DWP Education Enterprises, LLC, which offers online and virtual creative writing workshops to aspiring writers in Memoir, Fiction, Poetry, and Drama. Education Consulting services are available for online course design, and more.
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As Educator —
Dr. Phaire is an Associate Professor in English at the University of the District of Columbia (UDC). In addition, she taught Creative Writing as an Adjunct Professor at the University of Maryland for six years. Prior to joining UDC’s full-time faculty, Dr. Phaire taught English Composition and Literature at Montgomery College, Rockville and Silver Spring Campuses.
As Speaker —
In addition to her teaching career, Dr. Phaire is a published novelist, playwright, and founder and board member of a non-profit organization, Heralds of Hope Theatre Co. 2005 to 2019 whose mission was to provide a platform of artistic expression for aspiring actors, playwrights, directors, and technicians throughout the Baltimore and Washington, DC area.
Dr. Phaire has spoken at a variety of venues such as delivering writing seminars and other skills-based training in writing proficiency, presenting motivational speeches to groups, sharing her expertise in online course building as well as speaking at book events to promote her writing projects.
As Author —
Dr. Phaire’s publication credits include three novels in the contemporary fiction genre, as well as scholarly articles published in peer-reviewed journals such as the Journal of Interdisciplinary Humanities. She is the author of two plays that have been staged at the University of the District of Columbia, the University of Maryland, the Greenbelt Arts Center, and at venues in Baltimore, Maryland.