Carolyn Gorman
Instructor of English
Carolyn Portier Gorman was born in Chauvin, the fourth of nine children. Education was very important in the Portier family; all nine children now have advanced degrees. Gorman’s father, Clovis Portier, was the first in his family to complete high school and to go on to college–on the G.I. Bill–to complete a B. A. in education at Loyola University in New Orleans. He was an educator in Terrebonne Parish for almost 40 years.
Gorman followed in her father’s footsteps, attending Loyola to complete a B. A. in journalism. She then left Louisiana with her husband Rob Gorman and lived in North Carolina for six years, two in Chapel Hill, where she worked as a reporter, and four in the Smoky Mountains community of Andrews, N. C., where she edited a farming newspaper. In the early 1980s, Gorman returned to Louisiana and started Portier Gorman Publications, offering editing, public relations, advertising, and publishing services in the area. Later she began Blue Heron Press, a small, independent press focusing on Louisiana authors and poetry.
After working independently for 20 years, during which time she also had three children, Gorman returned to school, completing her M. A. in technical writing and American Literature from the University of New Orleans. Gorman served in the NSU Writing Center for four years before joining the Languages and Literature faculty in 2006.
Education:
B.A., Loyola University; M.A., University of New Orleans
Courses regularly taught:
ENGL 101, Freshman composition.
ENGL 368, Technical writing.
Contact information:
121H Peltier Hall
Phone: 985.448.4859
E-mail: carolyn.gorman@nicholls.edu