Michael Abelson, Associate Chair and Associate Professor

Harris Hall, Room 5186
1015 Floyd Avenue
Richmond, VA 23284
Box 842015
mabelson@vcu.edu

Michael Abelson began teaching Focused Inquiry in 2007. He served as GTA Coordinator for the department from 2009-2017 and in 2018 he was elected Associate Chair. He teaches UNIV 111, 112, 200, 299. Previously, Mr. Abelson taught English at the University of Ostrava and Masaryk University in the Czech Republic. He earned an interdisciplinary B.A. in  Literature, Science, and the Arts at the University of Iowa and a M.A. in Educational Policy Studies, specializing in Comparative Education, at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.