Department of English
MFA Faculty
For full faculty bios and contact information, please see the college directory.
Venita Blackburn
Fiction
Steven Church
Creative Nonfiction
Ra Jarrar
Fiction
Brynn Saito
Poetry
Tim Skeen
Poetry
Mai Der Vang
Poetry
Brenna Womer
Creative Nonfiction
Emeriti Faculty
Peter Everwine*
Lillian Faderman
Corrinne Clegg Hales
John R. Hales
C. G. Hanzlicek
Philip Levine*
Steve Yarbrough
* denotes deceased
Visiting Authors
English Department: Meg Day, Lars Horn, Brian Turner, Éric Morales-Franceschini
Alumni series: Anthony Cody, Kathy Fagan, Pilar Christiana Graham, Padraig Hogan, Gabriel Ibarra
English Department: Sara Borjas, David Borofka, Ethan Chatagnier, Shadab Zeest Hashmi, Dionne Irving, traci kato-kiriyama, Manuel Muñoz, LeiLani Nishime, Maya Pindyck, Steve Yarbrough
Alumni series: Stacey Balkun, Sarah A. Chavez, Aaliyah Green, Navdeep Singh Dhillon, Erik Wilbur, M. L. Williams
English Department: Oliver Baez Bendorf, E.C. Belli, K-Ming Chang, Faylita Hicks, Susan H. Kamei, Lori M. Lee, Maceo Montoya, Diana Khoi Nguyen, Amparo Ortiz, Kristen Radtke, Steven Sanchez, Rajini Srikanth, Jihyun Yun
Alumni series: David Campos, Sam Pereira, Charles L. Radke, Ashley Wells
English Department: Hanif Abdurraqib, Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah, Anthony Cody, Monica De La Torre, Juan Felipe Herrera, Steven Kleinman, Larissa Mercado-López, Mai Neng Moua, Bill Roorbach, Monica Sok, Nic Stone, Emiliano Treré, Burlee Vang, Gerald Vizenor, Khaty Xiong
Alumni series: Anthony Cody, Daniel Chacón, J.J. Anselmi
2019-20: Sara Borjas, Kali Fajardo-Anstine, Mark Irwin, Lacy M. Johnson, R.O. Kwon, Ada Limón, Lena Mubsutina, Emily Nemens, Monique Quintana, Ishmael Reed, Erika L. Sánchez, Naomi Shihab Nye, Danez Smith, Liza Wieland
2018-19: Marisol Baca, Tina Mozelle Braziel, Michelle Brittan Rosado, Ethan Chatagnier, Brian Dunlap, Ronald Dzerigian, C. G. Hanzlicek, Maxine Hong Kingston, Li-young Lee, Sarah Fawn Montgomery, Maceo Montoya, Angela Morales, Bich Minh Nguyen, Elda María Román, Steven Sanchez, Elizabeth Schulte Martin, Patricia Smith, Yazmin Monet Watkins
2017-18: Francisco Aragón, Marisol Baca, Sara Borjas, Lina María Ferreira Cabeza-Venegas, David Campos, Daniel Chacón, Kenneth R. Chacón, Sarah A. Chavez, Glover Davis, Ronald Dzerigian, Stephanie Fetta, Rigoberto González, Reyna Grande, Cynthia Guardado, Laurie Ann Guerrero, Juan Luis Guzmán, HAUNTIE, Nancy M. Hernandez, Tim Z. Hernandez, Juan Felipe Herrera, Lee Herrick, Jackie Huertaz, Christine Hyung-Oak Lee, Marilyn Lopez, Paul Martinez-Pompa, S. Bryan Medina, Maceo Montoya, Richard Montoya, Mai Neng Moua, Gary Y. Okihiro, Jericho Parms, Monique Quintana, Rachel Rinehart, Joseph Rios, Steven Sanchez, Sylvia Savala, Teresa Tarazi, Emma Trelles, James Tyner, Mai Der Vang, Shawn Wen, Julia Wertz, Andre Yang, Felicia Zamora
2016-17: Arturo Arias, Kenneth R. Chacón, Kristin FitzPatrick, Ru Freeman, Carmen Giménez Smith, Tim Z. Hernandez, Andrea Jurjević, Suzanne Lummis, Biljana D. Obradović, José Orduña, Sasha Pimentel, Michele Poulos, Kristen Radtke, Wendy Rose, Dixie Salazar, Solmaz Sharif, Mai Der Vang, Jerald Walker, Gary Young
2015-16: David Campos, Michele Elam, Myriam Gurba, Juan Felipe Herrera, Kerry Howley, Dennis Maloney, MariNaomi, Aimee Nezhukumatathil, Wendy C. Ortiz, Jen Percy, Christine Poreba, Saïd Sayrafiezadeh, Justin Torres, Khaty Xiong
2014-15: Sherman Alexie, Adelina Anthony, Christopher Buckley, David Campos, Victoria Chang, Marilyn Chin, Matthew Gavin Frank, John Gery, John C. Hampsey, Lee Herrick, Justin Hocking, Michael Jaime-Becerra, Leslie Jamison, Sam Lipsyte, Manuel Muñoz, Elena Passarello, Brynn Saito, Jeffrey Schultz, Jon Veinberg, Chelsea Wagenaar, Josh Weil