Creative Writing, MFA

Joseph Bates

PhD, University of Cincinnati, 2006
Co-Editor of the Miami University Press
Associate Professor of English

Areas: Narratology, Creative Writing Pedagogy, Fantastic, Absurd, and Grotesque Literatures; Southern Literature, Film Studies, Religion and Literature

Margaret Luongo

MFA, Creative Writing, University of Florida, 2001
Associate Professor of English

Areas: Creative writing practice, Short fiction, Experimental prose, Contemporary short forms

Eric Melbye

PhD, Creative Writing, University of Denver, 2001
Associate Professor of English (Middletown Campus)

Areas: Community-Based Learning, Creative Writing, Creative Writing Pedagogy, Exile Studies

Tim Melley

PhD, English and American Literature, Cornell, 1995
Professor of English and Affiliate of American Studies, Director of the Miami University Humanities Center

Areas: U.S. Literary and Cultural History Since 1950, Cold War Studies, Postmodernism, Fiction Writing

TaraShea Nesbit

PhD, University of Denver, 2015
Associate Professor of English

Areas: 20th and 21st Century Fiction and Creative Nonfiction, Historical Fiction, Lyric Essays, Multi-Genre Texts, Creative Writing Pedagogy.

Brian Roley 

JD, University of California, Los Angeles and MFA, Creative Writing, Cornell University, 1998
Professor of English and Affiliate of Global and Intercultural Studies, Director of Creative Writing

Areas: Creative Writing; Film, Theatre and Literature Adaptations; Disability / Medical Narratives; Contemporary and Twentieth Century Literature; Asian American Literature; Literature and the Law

Emily Spencer,

Assistant Professor of English

M.F.A., University of Iowa, Iowa Writers' Workshop
B.A., The Ohio State University

Areas: Poetry and Poetics, Writing and Health Science, Confessional Narrative, African American Writing, and Social Poetics

Keith Tuma

PhD, University of Chicago, 1987
Assistant Professor of English and Co-Editor of the Miami University Press

Areas: Modern and Contemporary British, Irish, American, and Anglophone Literature, Creative and Performance Writing, Poetry and Poetics, Anecdotes and Ephemera, Travel Writing

Cathy Wagner

PhD, University of Utah, 2000
Professor of English

Areas: Creative Writing, Poetry Writing, Contemporary and Modern American Poetry and Poetics, Contemporary and Modern British Poetry and Poetics, Poetry and Politics

Ritika Bali

BA, English Literature, Lady Shri Ram College for Women
MBA, Marketing, Institute of Management Technology

Creative interests: prose poem, flash, short stories, magical realism, photo essays, spiritualism, graphic novels, migration literature, journaling, folklore and legends, Indian mythology, historical fiction

Kayla Belser

BA International Business, University of Cincinnati
BA Creative Writing, Northern Kentucky University

Chris Bowyer

MA Philosophy, Miami University
BA Philosophy, Miami University

David W. Carstens

BA, English, Kenyon College

Creative interests: technology, religion, German, literature, philosophy, social alienation, individualism, game design, the internet, community (and the lack thereof), environmentalism, loneliness, climate change.

Priyadarshini Oshin Gogoi

BA, MA, University of Delhi

Creative interests: YA and children's fiction, poetry, micro and flash fiction, hybrid genres, memoir, non-fiction writing, and speculative fiction

Joshua Konecke

MA, Kansas State University
BA, University of Wisconsin-Green Bay

Molly Moran

MA, Georgetown University
BA, Catholic University of America

Tanushree Mukherjee

MA, Journalism and Media Studies, University of Nevada, Las Vegas

Creative Interests: Reading fiction, hope to complete a long-form fiction project

Mary Newton

BA, English/Creative Writing, UCLA
MA, English/Literature, San Francisco State University

Maddie Portune

BSB, Marketing & International Studies, IUPUI
MA, English Literature, Indiana University

Creative Interests: Poetry (confessional, new formalism, micro), modern adaptations of mythology & religion, historical fiction (esp. Exploring European history & language), bisexuality in popular media & literature, feminist theory, queer theory, pedagogical approaches to writing & literature, linguistic justice & literary studies in young adult literature

Xavier Prince

BA, English, Salisbury University

Sammie Steiner

BS, English Language Arts Education, University of Central Florida

Creative Interests: Novels and novellas, Southern Gothic, queer identity, absurdism, environmentalism, humor, and ordinary perspectives

Kendra Stiers

BA, Creative Writing, Miami University

Ty Young

BS, Creative Writing, Ashland University

Jeremy Daugherty

BA, MA, English, Northern Kentucky University

Creative interests: elegy and the works of confessional poets; creative writing pedagogy in the composition classroom.

Adefemi Fagite

BA, Federal University of Agriculture Abeokuta

Creative interests: social injustice, grief, speculative fiction, and African poetry

Matt Farley

BA, English Literature/Creative Writing, Miami University

Hallie Fogarty

BA, Northern Kentucky University

Creative interests: women poets, Affrilachian Literature, formal poetry, LGBTQ writers, mental illness in poetry, sestinas, confessional poetry

Sophia Judge

BA, Creative Writing, University of Cincinnati

Creative interests: climate-based literature and poetry, feminist works

Ross Kohler

BA, Miami University

Danton Remoto

MPhil, Publishing Studies, University of Stirling UK; 
BA/MA Literature, Ateneo de Manila University, Philippines

Creative Interests: Postcolonial Poetry, Lyrical Poetry, Creative Writing Pedagogy

Hossein Sobhani

MA, University of Southern Denmark
BA, Persian Gulf University

Creative Interests: Narrative and the way in which our lives and identities are intertwined with narrative

Cody Tieman

BA, English, Denison University

Kyle Williams

BA, University of West Indies

Reynie Zimmerman

BA, Miami University