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Department of English

MFA Faculty

For full faculty bios and contact information, please see the college directory.

Venita Blackburn

Venita Blackburn
Fiction

Steven Church

Steven Church
Creative Nonfiction

jarrar

Ra Jarrar
Fiction

 

brynn saito

Brynn Saito
Poetry

 

tim skeen

Tim Skeen
Poetry

 

mai der vang

Mai Der Vang
Poetry

 

headshot photo of brenna womer

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: Jesse Alemán, Peter Balakian, Alexandra Chang, Sandra Cisneros, Meg Day, Samah Serour Fadil, Cynthia Guardado, Lars Horn, Roanne L. Kantor, Éric Morales-Franceschini, Navdeep Singh Dhillon, Brian Turner

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