At Lipman Hearne, Beth Franken has crafted a variety of communications for clients including Bryant University, Morton Arboretum, University of Michigan School of Nursing, University of Cincinnati, and Vanderbilt University. Beth comes to Lipman Hearne with more than 10 years of experience as a college English teacher. At the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, she taught literature and creative writing to art students. At the University of Illinois at Chicago, where she did her doctoral work, she was assistant director of the Program for Writers. Her writing has been seen in various publications including the Sunday magazines of the Chicago Tribune and the San Jose Mercury News and numerous literary journals.