Tamara Agha-Jaffar
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Tamara Agha-Jaffar

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Tamara Agha-Jaffar has her Ph.D. in English Literature. She has been in academia all her professional life, serving as professor of English, dean, and Vice President for Academic Affairs. In 2004 she was named Kansas Professor of the Year by the Carnegie Foundation and received its CASE Award for the Advancement of Teaching. In 2010 she received The President’s Call to Service Award for her volunteer work in the community. She retired in 2013. She has written five books. Two are non-fiction and three are novels. Her interest lies in mythology, especially in the role of women in myths. Her novels are retellings of three different myths--the Demeter/Persephone story; the Odyssey; and the Epic of Gilgamesh. Tamara and her husband are empty nesters living in Kansas. She enjoys retirement and spends her time doing the things she loves best: reading and writing. She can be found online at www.tamaraaghajaffar.com where she posts book reviews and writes a blog on mythology.
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