Michelle Carr Hassler

Assistant to the Dean
Lecturer

Contact:
140 Andersen
402.472.7050
mhassler3@unl.edu

Bio
Michelle Carr Hassler is assistant to the dean and lecturer in the College of Journalism and Mass Communications. She has been teaching writing courses at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln since 1998.

Before coming to UNL, she was a newspaper reporter and editor for 16 years, beginning as education reporter at the Tempe Daily News and Mesa Tribune. She also has served as state editor at the Lincoln Journal and night city editor and interim editorial page editor at the Lincoln Journal Star. She has been a frequent freelance contributor to several magazines, including PC Today and Midwest Living.

Her campus activities include membership on the steering committee of the Faculty Leadership for Writing Initiative and the Enrollment Management Committee. She served as five years as adviser to the UNL chapter of the National Society of Collegiate Scholars. She was honored in 2003 and 2005 for her contributions to students by the UNL Teacher's Council and the UNL Parents Association.

She received a bachelor's degree in journalism and a master's in English, both from UNL.

Curriculum vitae available upon request.