Francis E. Kazemek

Francis E. Kazemek

The author of Exploring Our Lives holds an M.A. in English and a Ph.D. in Literacy Education. He is presently a Professor of Education at St. Cloud State University in St. Cloud, Minnesota. Kazemek has taught elementary through university level students and has been involved in adult literacy education for the past twenty-five years. Kazemek began conducting writing workshops for Senior Adults in 1980 and has continued to do so in cities across the country, and in a variety of contexts—local colleges, nursing homes, churches, community centers, etc. In recent years he has developed oral history and other projects which foster intergenerational storytelling and writing between school children and Senior Adults. He presently resides in Buffalo, Minnesota, just outside of Minneapolis.