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College of Arts and Humanities

Gabriel Ibarra

Lecturer

English | 559.278.4890 | Office: PB 404

gpoet@csufresno.edu

Education

  • MFA in Creative Writing (Poetry) from California State University, Fresno
  • B.A. in Literature (Creative Writing) from the University of California, Santa Cruz

Courses Taught

Gabriel Ibarra was born and raised in Fresno, CA. He earned an Honorable Mention for the 2011 Ernesto Trejo Poetry Prize, awarded by the Academy of American Poets, judged by the late Philip Levine. His poetry has been published in The Packinghouse Review. Wanting to honor his roots as Puentista, Gabriel served from 2014 to 2016 as a Puente Program mentor at Fresno City College. Currently, he teaches as a full time English lecturer at Fresno State. In the community, he volunteers as a board member for the Fresno State Creative Writing Alumni Chapter, whose goal is to connect multiple generations of Fresno writers.