Jennifer Sinor
Jennifer Ann Sinor is an American author and literary nonfiction writer and professor. She primarily writes memoir, research-based creative nonfiction, and personal essays that experiment with non-linear forms. Sinor's work focuses on the body, the ineffable, and the ordinary in our lives. It is often non-linear in form and relies on association, juxtaposition, and speculative leaps. Biography. Born in Kingsville, Texas, Sinor was raised as a military dependent. Her father, a naval lawyer specializing in international ocean law, was stationed in Hawaii several times as well as the Pentagon. Sinor graduated from the University  of Nebraska, Lincoln, in 1987 with degrees in both English and Russian. While teaching 7th and 8th graders at ASSETS school in Honolulu, Hawaii, Jennifer completed her MA in English from the University of Hawaii at Manoa. In 1995, she began her PhD in English and Education at the University of Michigan where she focused on women's autobiographical writing. She graduated in 2000 and moved to Logan, Utah. Since then, Sinor has taught in the English Department at Utah State University where she is the chair of the creative writing emphasis and a professor of English. Writing career. Sinor  has published essays in many journals and anthologies including "The American Scholar", "The Utne Reader", "Creative Nonfiction", "The Chronicle of Higher Education", "Fourth Genre", "The Colorado Review" and "Seneca Review". Her essay, "Confluences," appears in the 13th edition of the Norton Reader. Her essays have been nominated for the Pushcart Prize and a National Magazine Award.