Academic Counselor
Graduate Program Advisor
Contact Information
GWN 225
Office Hours
Drop-ins usually available Monday-Friday: 9:00-11:30 AM and 1:30-4:30 PM
Biography
M.L.I.S., University of Washington, 2003
M.A.T. (English as a Second Language), University of Washington, 1992
B.A., East Asian Studies and Theater, Oberlin College, 1984
Kirk joined the department in October 2021 as the Academic Counselor and Graduate Program Advisor. He had a 33-year career as an English language instructor, most of which was in the UW’s International and English Language Programs, but started with four and a half years in Tokyo on the faculty at Obirin Daigaku (now called J.F. Oberlin University).
His other job is raising teenagers, and his main hobby is transcribing and playing J.S. Bach solos on the five-string banjo.