Mimi Czarnik, Professor of English, has been teaching in the Humanities Division at Alverno College since 1993. Mimi received her Ph.D. in Victorian Literature and Literary Criticism from Indiana University, Bloomington, in May, 1993, and has completed teacher mentor training with the New Teacher Center, Santa Cruz.

Alverno College, a four-year independent, Catholic, liberal arts college for women, exists to promote the personal and professional development of its students. The college has earned accolades and respect internationally for its highly effective ability-based, assessment-as-learning approach to education, and has consulted with three U.S. presidential administrations on accountability and outcomes in higher education.