Maureen Croteau is a newspaper journalist. She was a reporter and editor at The Hartford Times, The Hartford Courant and the Providence Journal-Bulletin. Her freelance work has appeared in dozens of newspapers across the U.S., including The Washington Post, The Houston Chronicle, The Denver Post/ Rocky Mountain News, The San Francisco Chronicle, The Harford Courant and The Florida Times-Union.
She is a director of The Day newspaper in New London, Conn., and a trustee of The Day Trust.
Professor Croteau is a graduate of the University of Connecticut Department of Journalism and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.
She is co-author of two books: a humor book, "Shipwrecked in the Tunnel of Love" (Recreation Publications), and a reference book for non-fiction writers, "The Essential Researcher" (Harper Collins).
She supervises the department's internships and teaches courses in print journalism. She has worked as department head since 1983.
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