Think: Thinking is both an art and a science, creative and analytical, fun and hard work.
Read: I read of lot of nonfiction: history, economics, international studies. When I read fiction, I usually select a book from the Novel Conversations collection.
Talk: Aside from talking about Indiana Humanities, I most enjoy talking about politics, religion and basketball. But that’s redundant.

About Nancy
Nancy Nakano Conner serves as the Director of Grants and the primary contact for Novel Conversations. Her responsibilities include grant counseling and administration, working on collaborations with libraries and historical organizations and special projects.

Nancy received her Ph.D. and M.A. in English from the University of California at Los Angeles, where she was a Woodrow Wilson Fellow and a Chancellor’s Teaching Fellow, and her A.B. in literature from the University of California at Santa Cruz. She was an assistant professor of English at Purdue University and Iowa State University before coming to the Indiana Humanities in 1982. She holds an M.A. in history from Indiana University-Purdue University at Indianapolis.

Her professional and volunteer activities include serving as a member of the Indiana Council for History Education, the Association of Indiana Museums Advisory Council, the Rivers Institute at Hanover College Advisory Board, and the African American Landmarks Committee of Indiana Landmarks. She has also served on the Indiana State Library Advisory Committee, the Lincoln States Bicentennial Task Force, and the Japanese American Citizens League board.

Nancy was born in Chicago and grew up in Los Angeles. She is married to Joel T. Conner. Their daughter, Anjela Frances Bugher, and son-in-law, Grant Bugher, live in the Seattle area.