BUFFALO, NY - Professor of English Mick Cochrane, PhD, is the 2015 recipient of the Kenneth L. Koessler Distinguished Faculty Award. Presented by the Alumni Association, the award annually recognizes a faculty member for teaching excellence and outstanding contributions to the academic world.
Cochrane is director of the Creative Writing Program at Canisius where he is also a Lowery Writer-in-Residence. In these roles, he nurtures and develops the talents of young authors who go on to top graduate schools or find professional work writing for various media, or in publishing, editing and education. Many launch their own writing careers.
Cochrane similarly contributes to the intellectual life of the campus community. As administrator of the Contemporary Writers Series, he brought noted authors to campus such as Seamus Heaney, Garrison Keillor and Joyce Carol Oates.
Cochrane practices what he teaches since he’s also a celebrated author. He has written four novels: two for young readers, Fitz and The Girl Who Threw Butterflies; and two for young adults, Flesh Wounds and Sport.
