About
Angelé Anderfuren (she/her) has been a professional journalist for three decades. She is an award-winning multimedia journalist, writer, commercial director/ producer/ editor, blogger, social media manager, strategic communicator, teacher, higher education professional with enthusiasm for her work and passion for higher education. Angelé was honored with the University of Michigan’s “Ben Prize for Outstanding Teaching of Writing” in April of 2026. In May 2026, she created and lead a brand new 3-week GCC study abroad program in Portugal for UM’s Center for Global and Intercultural Study (CGIS), which will expand to 4 weeks for 2027!
Promoted in 2025 to Lecturer II at the University of Michigan, Angelé teaches in the College of Literature, Science and the Arts (LSA) English Department Writing Program (EDWP) in Ann Arbor. She teaches courses she’s developed on travel writing, page-to-screen adaptation, travel & literature, and introductory writing courses that combine research, writing and publishing nonfiction writing, food and culture field and historical research, all while exploring and learning about the community we live in. These classes help students become better writers, understand professional writing practices, and become a more integrated part of the Wolverine community. Other points of pride for Angelé while at UM: being selected as a 2024 Michigan Road Scholar and being awarded an inclusive teaching grant to further expand her decade-plus long name stories project, developing the “University of Michigan Name Stories Project.”
Prior to UM, Angelé was a professor at Northern Arizona University's School of Communication in Flagstaff, AZ for a decade, teaching multimedia, multiplatform writing, television and film production, and social media. Prior to joining the faculty, she served as NAU Alumni Relations Communication Coordinator, running the Alumni magazine, social media, and website. Before NAU, Angelé was a writer and producer for CBS News.
