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Aug 3, 2024, 11:26:21 AM8/3/24

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Dr. Loch-Caruso is a toxicologist with an emphasis in female reproductive toxicology. As Professor Emerita, she remains active consulting on current research projects and working to improve environmental health protections in the local community. Prior to retirement, her research focused on mechanisms by which exposures to environmental contaminants and bacteria contribute to risk for adverse pregnancy outcomes such as premature birth. Her most recent work investigated the placenta and related gestational tissues as toxicant targets. She introduced and taught the first undergraduate course in toxicology at the University of Michigan for about 20 years prior to retirement.

Research Projects:
Loch-Caruso continues collaborations with colleagues in the School of Public Health on projects investigating disrupted placental function as a mechanism of adverse pregnancy outcomes such as preterm birth, particularly in response to environmental chemical contaminants and bacteria.
Loch-Caruso works with citizens and regulatory entities on environmental health protections related to contaminated drinking water. A particular local project involves groundwater contamination with 1,4-dioxane.

I grew up in a multilingual household where my father loved to read science fiction and satire in Bengali, my mother loved to read philosophy in Sanskrit, Bengali, and Hindi, and where my passion for discovering new worldviews and imaginations through writing first began. Before and after my MFA, I had the good fortune to study Anglophone, Francophone, Japanese, Bengali, Hindi, and German literature. My writing is informed by multilingualism, transnationalism, and boundary-jumping work. I am currently writing a memoir and manifesto on female cool, a novel about a Tamil-Jewish family in crisis during a post-authoritarian regime, and a book on South Asian poetic and narrative forms for creative writers. Prior to Warren Wilson, I taught at Harvard, UC Berkeley, LMU Munich, and Vermont College of Fine Arts, and I am honored to lead the MFA Program for Writers, which centers artistry, rigor, community, and the possibilities of the imagination.

I am honored to serve as Director of the MFA Program for Writers, which has such an illustrious history and has launched the careers of so many talented writers worldwide, and which offers a vibrant, world-class education focused on artistry, rigor, community, and the possibilities of the imagination.