About
Angelé Anderfuren (she/her) is an award-winning multimedia journalist and professor. She's also a writer, commercial director/ producer/ editor, blogger, social media manager, strategic communicator, and higher education professional with enthusiasm and passion for her work and craft. In October 2026, she was honored with placement on the Fulbright Specialist Roster for a tenure of three years. Angelé was awarded the University of Michigan’s “Ben Prize for Outstanding Teaching of Writing” in April of 2026. In May 2026, she led a brand new 3-week GCC study abroad program in Portugal, which she designed, for UM’s Center for Global and Intercultural Study (CGIS). The program will expand to 4 weeks for 2027! Angelé is also a faculty affiliate with UM's Weiser Center for Europe and Eurasia, UM Arts Initiative and UM's Institute for Research on Women & Gender (IRWG). She's also an active member of Michigan's International Educators Network and serves in IEN's sustainability group.
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.
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