Charles Euchner

Charles Euchner — the author or editor of a dozen books who has taught writing at Columbia and Yale and directed a think tank at Harvard — is the creator and principal of The Elements of Writing.

Euchner (pronounced IKE-ner), who now teaches writing at Columbia University’s Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation, has authored a number of books to guide both beginning and accomplished writers.

He also conducts one- and two-day seminars all over the U.S. and offers consulting and coaching business professionals, educators, and writers.

Euchner practices what he preaches as a writer. Nobody Turn Me Around (Beacon Press, 2010), an intimate account of the 1963 March on Washington, has been acclaimed as a “dynamic,” “masterful,” “riveting,” and “crackling.” Based on more than 100 interviews and thousands of pages of archival materials, Nobody Turn Me Around offers the only complete study of the high point of the civil rights movement.

He is completing Losing the Peace, a major study of Woodrow Wilson’s 1919 Western Tour to promote the League of Nations.

In addition to his career as a writing teacher, Euchner has taught political science at Holy Cross College, directed the Rappaport Institute at Harvard University, coordinated Boston’s longterm planning initiative, authored books on politics and sports, and published articles in leading publications.

Education

• Doctor of Philosophy The Johns Hopkins University (1984 — 1990)
• Master of Arts The Johns Hopkins University (1984 — 1990)
• Bachelor of Arts Vanderbilt University (1978 — 1982)
• Huntington High School (1974 — 1978)

Companies

• Principal The Elements of Writing (2010)
• Visiting Faculty Columbia University in the City of New York (2017 — 2020)
• Visiting Fellow Center for an Urban Future (2015 — 2017)
• Case Writer and Editor Yale School of Management (2013 — 2016)
• Lecturer Yale University (2007 — 2010)
• Executive Director, Rappaport Institute for Greater Boston Harvard University (2000 — 2004)
• Associate Director, Center for Urban and Regional Policy Northeastern University (1999 — 2000)
• Director, Boston 400 Boston Planning & Development Agency (1997 — 2000)
• Assistant Professor College of the Holy Cross (1990 — 1997)

Skills

• Coaching
• Art
• writing

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