Department of English
Meet Our Students
Our MFA Creative Writing Program aims to attract diverse and promising voices from the central San Joaquin Valley, throughout California, across the country and beyond.
2024 Cohort
Chloe Abella
Creative Nonfiction
Vivian Aguirre
Poetry
Antonia Cardinale
Fiction
David R. Carrasco-Gomez
Poetry
Anya Connelly-Howland
Creative Nonfiction
Isabella De La Torre
Poetry
Peter Garza
Poetry
Amelia Holguin
Poetry
Kaylynn Holt
Fiction
Uvllia Ibarra
Fiction
Alison Mandaville
Creative Nonfiction
Guadalupe Salgado Partida
Poetry
Hannah Sutton
Fiction
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2023 Cohort
Miguel Ángeles
Poetry
H Bryan
Fiction
Audra Burwell
Poetry
Vanessa Gonzalez
Creative Nonfiction
Soreath Hok
Creative Nonfiction
Angelina Leaños
Poetry
Phoua Lee
Fiction
Stefan Leiva
Fiction
Shannon Matalone
Fiction
Sharon K. McClain
Creative Nonfiction
Juana Santana
Poetry
Taylor Seals
Poetry
Anthony Shemaria
Poetry
Allyssa Shields
Creative Nonfiction
Bo Vang
Poetry
Chou Xiong
Poetry
2022 Cohort
Mercedez Espino
Fiction
Laura Fredd
Fiction
Victoria Monsivaiz
Poetry
James T. Morrison
Creative Nonfiction
Yamille Moss
Fiction
Samina Najmi
Creative Nonfiction
Jacob Simmons
Creative Nonfiction
Continuing Students
Mary Coomes
Creative Nonfiction
Ahlam Khadra
Poetry
Angela Medina-Felix
Creative Nonfiction
Tim Simmers
Creative Nonfiction