Department of English
MFA Faculty
For full faculty bios and contact information, please see the department directory.
Venita Blackburn
Fiction
Steven Church
Creative Nonfiction
John Hales
Creative Nonfiction
Ra Jarrar
Fiction
Brynn Saito
Poetry
Tim Skeen
Poetry
Mai Der Vang
Poetry
Emeriti Faculty
Peter Everwine*
Lillian Faderman
Corrinne Clegg Hales
C. G. Hanzlicek
Philip Levine*
Steve Yarbrough
* denotes deceased
Recent Visiting Authors
Engish Department: Maceo Montoya, more to be announced
Alumni series: David Campos, Sam Pereira, Charles L. Radke, Ashley Wells
Note: All 2020-21 events were virtual
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
English Department: Kali Fajardo-Anstine, Mark Irwin, Lacy M. Johnson, R.O. Kwon, Ada Limón, Emily Nemens, Ishmael Reed, Erika L. Sánchez, Naomi Shihab Nye, Danez Smith, Liza Wieland
Alumni series: Sara Borjas, Lena Mahmoud, Monique Quintana
Canceled due to Covid-19 pandemic: Marisol Baca, Jamel Brinkley, Marcelo Hernandez Castillo, Rowan Hisayo Buchanan, Monica Sok
English Department: Tina Mozelle Braziel, C. G. Hanzlicek, Maxine Hong Kingston, Li-young Lee, Maceo Montoya, Angela Morales, Bich Minh Nguyen, Elda María Román, Steven Sanchez, Patricia Smith, Yazmin Monet Watkins
Alumni series: Marisol Baca, Michelle Brittan Rosado, Ethan Chatagnier, Brian Dunlap, Ronald Dzerigian, Sarah Fawn Montgomery, Steven Sanchez, Elizabeth Schulte Martin
English Department: Lina María Ferreira Cabeza-Venegas, Reyna Grande, Laurie Ann Guerrero, Christine Hyung-Oak Lee, Glover Davis, Mai Neng Moua, Gary Y. Okihiro, Jericho Parms, Rachel Rinehart, Mai Der Vang, Shawn Wen, Julia Wertz
Andrés Montoya Symposium: Francisco Aragón, Marisol Baca, Sara Borjas, David Campos, Daniel Chacón, Kenneth R. Chacón, Sarah A. Chavez, Ronald Dzerigian, Stephanie Fetta, Rigoberto González, Cynthia Guardado, Laurie Ann Guerrero, Juan Luis Guzmán, Nancy M. Hernandez, Tim Z. Hernandez, Juan Felipe Herrera, Lee Herrick, Paul Martinez-Pompa, Maceo Montoya, Richard Montoya, Monique Quintana, Teresa Tarazi, Emma Trelles, Felicia Zamora
Laureate Lab: HAUNTIE, Lee Herrick, Jackie Huertaz, Marilyn Lopez, S. Bryan Medina, Joseph Rios, Steven Sanchez, Sylvia Savala, James Tyner, Andre Yang
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