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Jon Franklin
Professor and Philip Merrill Chair
B.S., Maryland

Office: 3101 Journalism
Phone: 301-405-0365
E-mail: jfranklin@jmail.umd.edu

Jon Franklin is a literary journalist whose work frequently focuses on the human side of science and technology. In a career that has spanned more than four decades he has written five books and a variety of magazine articles and newspaper stories and series. Known for his innovations both in style and reportage, his credits include two first-in-category Pulitzer prizes (feature writing in 1979 and expository journalism in 1985). He has taught at the University of Maryland, Oregon State University, and the University of Oregon, where his duties included the directorship of the creative writing program.

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The Faculty ---------------- Banisky, Sandra Beasley, Maurine H. Blackistone, Kevin Bonner, Alice Broder, David Burns, Dave Chadha, Kalyani Chinoy, Ira Clayton, Cassandra Crane, Steve Flynn, Adrianne Franklin, Jon Fuchs, Penny Bender Gomery, Douglas Hanson, Christopher Harvey, Chris Hiebert, Ray Huffman, Diana Johnson, Haynes Katcef, Sue Kopen Klose, Kevin Lorente, Rafael Moeller, Susan Nelson, Deborah Newhagen, John Roberts, Gene Rogers, Carol L. Solomon, George Steiner, Linda Stepp, Carl Sessions Thornton, Lee Walker, Leslie Yaros, Ronald A. Zanot, Eric

Administrators ---------------- Bucco, Clint Crane, Steve Fuchs, Penny Bender Hartz, Emily Klose, Kevin Martens, Anne Payne, Marchelle Quine, Frank Reid, Olive Sheehan, Matthew C. Wenner, Kathy