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Degree Types: MFA+MA

This new, fully-funded MFA+MA in Creative Writing and English program offers intimate classes, the opportunity to pursue both creative and critical writing, and close mentorship by renowned faculty in poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction. Our three-year curriculum gives students time to deepen both their creative writing and their study of literature. Students will receive support for three academic years, and two summers, to complete both degrees – an MFA in Creative Writing and an MA in English.

Drawing on innovative scholarship, deep immersion in process, and cross-pollination between critical and creative texts, students will complete book-length thesis projects of their own design, either within or across genres, and a substantial essay on literary texts. The program's small size and attentive faculty will develop students' sense of literary context, while encouraging them to pursue the distinctiveness of their projects.

In addition to their studies, students will be guided in the teaching of creative writing and, through summer editorial work at TriQuarterly.org , the editing of a literary journal.

Students will pursue their work on our beautiful Evanston campus, amid artists, filmmakers, scholars and public intellectuals, with easy access to the vibrant literary arts scene of Chicago.

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Contact Nathan Mead Graduate Program Assistant 847-491-3341

The following requirements are in addition to, or further elaborate upon, those requirements outlined in  The Graduate School Policy Guide .

Course Requirements

May be taken outside the English department with permission of Creative Writing DGS.

Other Degree Requirements

  • First Year Review
  • Satisfactory completion of an article-length literary critical essay in the late spring of year two. This 20-25 page capstone essay will typically be an expanded version of an essay written for an English Department graduate seminar, revised in response to comments from, and as appropriate in consultation with, the seminar instructor.
  • Satisfactory completion of an MFA Thesis: the first draft of a book-length work of original fiction, creative nonfiction, poetry, or mixed-genre work.

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2023-2024 Edition

Litowitz Creative Writing Graduate Program MFA+MA

Degree requirements.

The following requirements are in addition to, or further elaborate upon, those requirements outlined in  The Graduate School Policy Guide .

Course Requirements

May be taken outside the English department with permission of Creative Writing DGS.

Other Degree Requirements

  • First Year Review
  • Satisfactory completion of an article-length literary critical essay in the late spring of year two. This 20-25 page capstone essay will typically be an expanded version of an essay written for an English Department graduate seminar, revised in response to comments from, and as appropriate in consultation with, the seminar instructor.
  • Satisfactory completion of an MFA Thesis: the first draft of a book-length work of original fiction, creative nonfiction, poetry, or mixed-genre work.

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Chris Abani, Daisy Hernández, Juan Martinez, Sarah Schulman, Charif Shanahan, Natasha Trethewey

The program offers full funding, including a tuition waiver and health insurance, to all students.

The stipend for the 2023-2024 academic year is $36,960, which is paid continuously throughout the year (including summers). Students are also given yearly research and travel funds, a paid AWP membership, and funds for submitting to journals and contests.

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This program offers intimate classes, the opportunity to pursue both creative and critical writing, and close mentorship by faculty in poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction. Students will receive both an MFA in Creative Writing and an MA in English; students are expected to complete a book-length thesis project and a substantial essay on literary texts.

The program also offers opportunities for students to learn how to teach creative writing and edit a literary journal.

Applications in creative nonfiction and poetry submitted in Fall 2023 will be reviewed for Fall 2024 matriculation; applications in creative nonfiction and fiction submitted in Fall 2024 will be reviewed for Fall 2025 matriculation.

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Application opens: .

Applications for the program are typically slated to open within the first week of September.

In the 2023 application cycle for Fall 2024 matriculation, the application will open on September 13 th , 2023.

Application Deadline:

The Application Package deadline for the program will typically fall within mid-January.

In the 2023 application cycle for Fall 2024 matriculation, the Application Package must be submitted by 11:59 PM PST on January 16th, 2024.

Application Prerequisite / Eligibility

Bachelor’s degree from a regionally accredited institution (or international equivalent) is required.

Application for Admission

All application materials must be submitted online through The Graduate School’s Collegenet portal . A complete Application for Admission consists of:

  • Required — Academic Statement and Personal Statement
  • Optional — Additional Information
  • A 10-page Writing Sample – play, screenplay, teleplay. Either a complete work or an excerpt of one or more works. Whatever gives us the best sense of your potential. No prose, essays, spec scripts or short stories please.
  • How do you see your writing in relation to other writers, artists, or theoretical works that have been meaningful to you?
  • Are there experiences you’ve had that drive your writing?
  • What themes are you interested in exploring in your work?
  • What do you want to say, and what makes your work necessary?
  • Unofficial transcripts from all higher education institutions attended. Official transcripts will not be accepted by the school — read more about this here .
  • Three (3) letters of recommendation. From industry professionals, teachers, mentors – ideally people who are familiar with your writing and work. These letters must be submitted by your recommenders through the CollegeNET online portal.
  • A one-page Synopsis of a writing project you would like to pursue while in the Program. Please upload under Supplemental Document — Section 2.

Note:  The GRE is not required.

Via the  online application  is the preferred method for receiving all supplemental materials including transcripts. Portfolio materials will not be returned.

For International Applicants

  • The TGS school code for TOEFL is 1565 .
  • Test takers may be asked by ETS to choose the “department” to which they want their scores sent; find more information here .
  • Please find additional application information tailored especially for applicants to TGS programs who are citizens of countries other than the United States here

Applicants who are not citizens or permanent residents of the United States must certify language proficiency in one of three ways:

  • Providing acceptable Foreign Language (TOEFL) iBT, International English Language Testing System (IELTS) Academic, or Michigan English Test (MET) test scores — Tests must be taken within two years of the intended quarter of entry.
  • Earning an undergraduate degree from a regionally accredited, four-year institution or equivalent, where English is the official language of instruction.
  • Earning a graduate degree from a regionally accredited institution where English is the official language of instruction.

For non-native speakers: the TOEFL, IELTS, or MET (not less than two years old). The minimum score for the TOEFL is 600 paper / 250 computer / 80 Internet, 7.0 for the IELTS, and 54 for the MET.

Non-native MFA applicants wishing to be considered for appointment as a Teaching Assistant must submit a minimum score of 26 on the TOEFL speaking section, taken no more than two years before consideration for appointment. You can find more information on this requirement here .

We cannot accept DuoLingo or TOEFL Essentials as documentation of english proficiency.

You can find more information on Test Scores and The Graduate School’s English Proficiency Requirement here .

Fee Waiver Information

For domestic applicants & u.s. citizens:.

The Graduate School (TGS) is able to provide a limited number of fee waivers* to eligible applicants — find more information  here

For International Applicants:

There may be some cases where we may not be able to grant application fee waiver requests from all eligible applicants due to the volume of requests we receive. As a result, we encourage applicants to begin their applications as soon as possible, since application fee waiver requests are reviewed on a first-come, first-serve basis.  Please note that the below details how to submit a request for a waiver and that the waiver is not guaranteed.

To request a fee waiver, you must:

  • Start an application for the MFA in Writing for the Screen and Stage program and complete at least the first three pages
  • Complete the Writing for the Screen and Stage – Fee Waiver Request Form for International Applicants:  [ The Writing for the Screen and Stage MFA program can no longer issue fee waivers for the current application cycle.]
  • Started an application for a TGS PhD or MFA program
  • International applicant 
  • A low-income individual as defined by the US Department of Education (converting international currency to U.S. currency in the review process using OANDA). 

We look forward to receiving your application!

For additional questions regarding admissions procedures or application requirements, visit the TGS applicant FAQ page .

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The Creative Writing Major is an undergraduate concentration within the English Department at Northwestern University and one of the first and finest undergraduate Creative Writing programs in the country. Its reputation is based on the accomplishments of its graduates, the generosity of its accomplished professors, and a pedagogy that creates a fruitful symbiosis between close reading and inventive writing. Award-winning authors teach poetry, fiction and creative nonfiction, as well as courses that cross genres, guiding students to examine literary works as writers and encouraging them to study the best literary models. Professors and students work in a close-knit community as they write their own stories, novellas, poems and essays within the living tradition of literature.

Most Creative Writing Majors begin taking creative writing courses in their sophomore year and complete the yearlong “sequence” of study during their junior year, and some have the opportunity to complete an additional honors project before graduation (see Recommended Schedule for Prospective Writing Majors below). Students also learn from prominent visiting writers at our annual Festival of Writing in the Spring.  Recent graduates of the program include MacArthur “Genius” Award Winner Karen Russell; Veronica Roth, whose bestselling novel “Divergent” was first drafted while she was a student; poet Peter Kline; and award-winning essayist Angela Mears.

Current Creative Writing faculty include   Chris Abani ,  Brian Bouldrey ,   John Bresland ,   Averill Curdy ,   Sheila Donohue ,   Reginald Gibbons , Juan Martinez , Shauna Seliy , Charif Shanahan ,  Natasha Trethewey , Daisy Hernández ,  and   Rachel Jamison Webster .

The Creative Writing program also offers two minors; the Sequence-based Minor and, for those not pursuing one of the year-long sequences, the non-application based Cross-genre Minor in Creative Writing .

See past and upcoming Creative Writing events.

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Recommended Schedule for Prospective Writing Majors

Courses for prospective creative writing majors, in a recommended order..

*Denotes courses that are REQUIRED for the Creative Writing Major

ENG 202-Introduction to Creative Writing

(can be taken in Fall quarter of Freshman year. This provides an introduction to all three genres and prepares you for our other CW courses.)

ENG 210-1,2 - English Literary Traditions       or ENG 270-1,2 - American Literary Traditions

(While not required for creative writing, these are excellent background courses for writing students, and also serve as prerequisites for the English literature major.)

* ENG 206 - Reading and Writing Poetry

* ENG 207 - Reading and Writing Fiction    

* ENG 208 - Reading & Writing Creative Nonfiction

(You may take 206, 207, or 208 in any order.  You should have taken or be enrolled in any one of these when you're applying. )

Students may apply to the Creative Writing Program in the Spring of your Sophomore Year or in the Spring of your Junior Year.

Some students fulfill their requirements--of 206, 207 and 208--well before the time of application to the program. If that happens, we recommend that you stay in writing practice and continue building your portfolio by taking one of our 300-level writing courses, English 306, 307, 308, or 309. Please see Juan Martinez , Director of Creative Writing, for further suggestions and help with course planning.

Initial Required Courses

All students interested in the Creative Writing Major must take two introductory writing courses--poetry (ENG 206), fiction (207), or creative nonfiction (208)--before applying to the major. Students can only apply to the major in a genre for which they've completed (or are enrolled) in its 200-level component; you can only apply for poetry after having taken or enrolling in ENG 206, for fiction after ENG 207, for creative nonfiction after ENG 208.

At the 200-level, no prior knowledge of a genre is required to enroll.

  • No English Department creative writing course may be audited or taken pass/fail.
  • School of Professional Studies courses offered under the titles ENG 206, 207 and 208 do not count toward any course of study within the Creative Writing program.

Admission to the Program

Admission to the next stage of the Creative Writing Major or the Sequence-based Minor in Creative Writing, the year-long 300-level advanced course sequences, is competitive. Admission to the program is granted primarily on the basis of manuscript quality and the student’s promise. An applicant may be admitted to study as a major, a minor, or a sequence-only student.

No preference in admission is currently given to those who apply to the sequences, though there are later opportunities open only to Creative Writing Majors, including participation in senior honors, one-on-one conferences with visiting writers-in-residence, and the winter senior readings series.  Students may apply for admission to the sequence courses no earlier than the spring of their sophomore year.   

Applications will open Spring 2024.

The Sequences

Theory and Practice of Poetry (ENG 393), Fiction (394), and Creative Nonfiction (395):

These year-long sequences of courses ask students to pursue a rigorous program that includes explication and critical writing, imitation and modeling, close reading of literary texts, and the creation of original creative work.  The sequences are arranged in three consecutive quarters.

They begin in the fall with specialized courses in the fundamental technical and rhetorical bases of each genre. Poetry students study the uses of metaphor and mode, and the theory of prosody (including both the major form of poetry in English-accentual-syllabic verse-and the minor forms, accentual, syllabic, and free verse). Fiction students consider the tenets of realism and its alternatives, and practice different approaches to style, characterization, structure, and point of view. Creative nonfiction students focus on essay forms, logical method, authorial tone, and techniques of discourse and description. In all genres, imitations and models of great writers are assigned.

The second half of the sequence in each genre is devoted to intensive writing of a longer original work-a poem of at least 120 lines or an essay or novella of 25 to 35 pages.

Note that in the event further work in fiction, creative nonfiction or poetry is desired outside the year-long sequence, ENG 206, 207, and 208 may be repeated up to two times for WCAS credit. Advanced one-quarter courses in creative writing (ENG 306, 307, 308, 309) are also offered for non-majors.

The application is available here . Applications will open at 8am on March 26th and will close on April 29th at midnight.

Other Required Courses for MAJOR Students

In addition to the sequences, creative writing majors must take:

ENG 392 - The Situation of Writing

“The Situation of Writing,” which is typically offered in the winter quarter, investigates the writer’s relation to the culture, both currently and historically. The course addresses such questions as the relation of criticism to imaginative literature, the rise and fall of specific literary genres, the effect of the university on the production and consumption of literary works, the state of the publishing industry, and international literary contexts.

The “Third-Genre Intro” Course 

English 207 or 208, whichever introductory course was not completed before application to the sequences. This requirement ensures that writing majors will have had experience reading and writing in all three major non-dramatic modes of imaginative writing.

Six 300-level literature classes

These courses must be “pure literature”; that is, courses in which the bulk of the reading is literature and not criticism or theory. They must be selected from English Department offerings ONLY:

  • Two on material written prior to 1830
  • Two on material written after 1830
  • Two from either period

Two non-literature courses related to one another, taught in other department(s).

These courses, in areas such as history, art, classics, and gender studies, broaden the student’s background for the study of literature. These must be approved by a creative writing advisor.

Other Required Courses for Sequence-Based MINOR students

In addition to the sequences, creative writing sequence-based minors must take:

Two 300-level literature classes

  • One on material written prior to 1830
  • One on material written after 1830

The Cross-genre Minor in Creative Writing

Other program features.

The Annual Writers Festival gives students the chance to learn from and interact with guest Writers-in-Residence for a three-day celebration of master classes, public readings, and a panel discussion on craft. The festival is situated within the larger Evanston Literary Festival, which hosts a number of literary events throughout the city.

Writing by students at Northwestern is recognized by the award-winning student literary magazine, Helicon, and by the  Department of English Annual Writing Competition , held in the spring.

Creative Writing Alumni Testimonials

-- Veronica Roth, author of the bestselling Divergent series

“I still believe our program at Northwestern is as good as any graduate program in the country. It was nice to have the opportunity when I was 19 to spend so much time reading and writing with these other writers. There was such a serious sense of purpose. That’s a testament to Brian and Sheila and the rest of the faculty. They really could create a community.” --Karen Russell, author of Swamplandia!, a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize, and winner of a MacArthur Genius Award.

“As a Creative Nonfiction student in the Creative Writing program, I was pushed hard -- by my professors and fellow writers -- to find my voice. Not just my voice as a writer, but as a person and advocate of my life and experiences. More than anything else, I learned that I am still learning. I am still finding that voice, and always will be. I learned that this fact is okay, it is right, it is what makes me write.”   --Danielle Littman, 2013 graduate.

"We're not just educating people for professional tracks; we're educating them for their lives." --Professor Mary Kinzie, Founder of the Creative Writing Program and award-winning poet.

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  • Former co-chair of the Screenwriting Program at UCLA.
  • His play, Testosterone: How Prostate Cancer Made a Man of Me, received the William Saroyan Centennial Prize for Drama and won Best Script at the 2011 United Solo Festival.
  • He has sold material to all the broadcast networks and major studios.
  • His book Write Screenplays That Sell…The Ackerman Way is now in its third printing.

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Instructor, Writing for Stage & Screen [email protected]

  • Screenwriter, producer, and the founder of Lost Mountain Entertainment.
  • Developed and financed a wide range of projects in partnership with Cross Creek Pictures and Echo Lake Entertainment.
  • Co-produced “Above the Shadows,” which won the Audience Award at the 2019 Brooklyn Film Festival.
  • Teaches Writing for Film & TV at Dickinson College.
  • Serves as a judge for the Virginia Film Office’s annual screenwriting competition.

Peter Behrens

Instructor, Writing for Stage & Screen [email protected]

  • Screenwriter, essayist, and fiction writer.
  • Author of four books of fiction, including “The Law of Dreams,” which won the Governor-General’s Award and has been published in nine languages.
  • His stories, essays, and reviews appear in The Atlantic, The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post, NPR’s All Things Considered, and many anthologies.
  • Former Wallace Stegner Fellow at Stanford University and former fellow at Harvard University’s Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study.

Cathy Smith Bowers

Instructor, Poetry [email protected]

  • Poet Laureate of North Carolina from 2010-2012.
  • Her poems appear widely in publications such as The Atlantic Monthly, The Georgia Review, Poetry, The Southern Review, and The Kenyon Review.
  • Author of five collections of poetry.

Morri Creech

Associate Professor, Poetry Writer in Residence, Queens University of Charlotte [email protected]

  • Author of four collections of poetry, one a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize.
  • His poems appear in Poetry, The New Criterion, The New Republic, The Southwest Review, The Hudson Review, Crazyhorse, Critical Quarterly, Sewanee Review, Southern Review, and  elsewhere. 
  • He has received the Stan and Tom Wick Award, a Ruth Lilly Fellowship, and a fellowship from The Louisiana  Division of the Arts.

David Christensen

Instructor, Writing for Stage & Screen [email protected]

  • Executive producer at the National Film Board of Canada where he oversees a slate of documentary, interactive, and animation productions made nationally and internationally.
  • Two Oscar-nominated films and multiple premiers at Berlin, Sundance, Toronto, and New York film festivals.

Ann Cummins

Instructor, Fiction [email protected]

  • Author of a story collection and novel.
  • Recipient of a Lannan Foundation Literary Fellowship.
  • Stories appear in The New Yorker, McSweeney’s, Antioch Review, The Best American Short Stories, and The Anchor Book of New American Short Stories.

Jonathan Dee

Instructor, Fiction [email protected]

  • Author of eight novels.
  • His novel “The Privileges” was a finalist for the 2010 Pulitzer Prize and winner of the 2011 Prix Fitzgerald and the St. Francis College Literary Prize.
  • A former contributing writer for The New York Times Magazine, a senior editor of The Paris Review, and a National Magazine Award-nominated literary critic for Harper’s.
  • Received fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts and the Guggenheim Foundation.

Kristin Dombek

Instructor, Nonfiction [email protected]

  • Author of “The Selfishness of Others: An Essay on the Fear of Narcissism,” which has been translated into multiple languages, and “How to Quit,” forthcoming soon.
  • Essays appear in The New Yorker, Vice, The New York Times Magazine, Harper’s, London Review of Books, n+1, The Financial Times, The Paris Review, and Best American Essays.
  • Recipient of fellowships from the MacDowell Colony and the Rona Jaffe Foundation.
  • Has taught at Queens College/CUNY and Princeton.

Shelley Evans

Instructor, Writing for Stage & Screen [email protected]

  • Has written teleplays for ABC, CBS, Showtime, USA Network, Hallmark Movies and Mysteries, and Lifetime Television.

Elizabeth Gaffney

Instructor, Fiction [email protected]

  • Author of two novels.
  • Has also translated three novels and a memoir from German.
  • Resident artist at Yaddo, the MacDowell Colony, and the Blue Mountain Center.
  • Former staff editor at The Paris Review, and currently serves as the editor-at-large of A Public Space.

Myla Goldberg

Instructor, Fiction [email protected]

  • Bestselling author of four novels, including “Bee Season,” which was a New York Times Notable Book and winner of the Borders New Voices Prize. It was adapted to film and widely translated.
  • Has also published an essay collection, a children’s book, and short stories that have appeared in Harper’s.
  • Teaches also in the fiction programs at Sarah Lawrence and NYU.

Emily Fox Gordon

Instructor, Nonfiction [email protected]

  • Author of a novel, a collection of personal essays, and two memoirs, one of which was a New York Times Notable Book.
  • Her work appears in Boulevard, Salmagundi, The American Scholar, and Southwest Review, and has been anthologized in the Anchor Essay Annual.
  • Has taught writing workshops at Rice University, the University of Houston, The New School, the University of Wyoming, and the MFA program at Rutgers/Camden.
  • Recipient of two Pushcart Prizes.

Trish Harnetiaux

Instructor, Writing for Stage & Screen [email protected]

  • Her play “Tin Cat Shoes” premiered in 2018 kicking off Clubbed Thumb’s Summerworks (Playwrights Horizons Superlab).
  • Three other plays have been published by Samuel French.
  • Executive producer on the off-beat comedy series “Driver Ed” which premiered at the 2018 Tribeca Film Festival.
  • She has been a resident at MacDowell, Yaddo, The Millay Colony, and SPACE at Ryder Farm.

Marcus Jackson

Instructor, Poetry [email protected]

  • Author of two poetry collections.
  • His poems appear in The New Yorker, Harvard Review, The New York Times, and The Cincinnati Review.

Fred Leebron

Program Director, Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing Instructor, Fiction [email protected]

  • Former Wallace Stegner Fellow at Stanford and Fulbright Scholar.
  • Author of five books of fiction, including “Six Figures,” which was a New York Times Notable Book of the Year and became a feature-length film.
  • Co-editor of “Postmodern American Fiction: A Norton Anthology;” and co-author of “Creating Fiction: A Writer’s Companion.”
  • Recipient of an O. Henry Award, a Puschart Prize, a Fine Arts Work Center in Provincetown Fellowship, and two fellowships from the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts.

Instructor, Poetry

  • Author of six books of poetry, including “The Carrying,” which won the National Book Critics Circle Award for Poetry.
  • Her book “Bright Dead Things” was named a finalist for the National Book Award, a finalist for the Kingsley Tufts Poetry Award, and a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award.
  • Currently the Poet Laureate of the United States and a MacArthur Foundation “Genius” Fellow.

Rebecca Lindenberg

Instructor, Poetry [email protected]

  • Author of two poetry collections, including the winner of the 2015 Utah Book Award.
  • Awarded an Amy Lowell Fellowship, a National Endowment for the Arts Literature Grant, a Fine Arts Work Center in Provincetown Fellowship, and a residency grant from the MacDowell Arts Colony.
  • Her poetry, lyric essays, and criticism appear in The Believer, Poetry, McSweeney’s Quarterly, American Poetry Review, Conjunctions, and Iowa Review.

Rebecca McClanahan

Instructor, Poetry and Nonfiction [email protected]

  • Author of eleven books, most recently “In the Key of New York City: A Memoir in Essays” and a revised edition of “Word Painting: The Fine Art of Writing Descriptively,” which has sold nearly 50,000 copies.
  • Her work appears in Best American Essays, Best American Poetry, Kenyon Review, Georgia Review, and in anthologies published by Doubleday, Norton, and Penguin.
  • Recipient of two Pushcart Prizes, the Glasgow Award in nonfiction, and four fellowships from the New York Foundation for the Arts and the North Carolina Arts Council.

James McKean

Instructor, Poetry and Nonfiction [email protected]

  • Author of three books of poems and two books of essays.
  • His poetry and nonfiction appear in Poetry, The Atlantic Monthly, The Georgia Review, The Southern Review, The Pushcart Prize Anthology, The Best American Sports Writing, and Poetry Northwest, and have been featured in Ted Kooser’s American Life in Poetry.

Orlando Menes

Instructor, Poetry [email protected]

  • Author of five poetry collections.
  • His poems appear in Poetry, Ploughshares, Harvard Review, The Antioch Review, Hudson Review, Shenandoah, Callaloo, and The Southern Review.
  • Editor of “Renaming Ecstasy: Latino Writings on the Sacred.”
  • Has published translations of poetry in Spanish, including My Heart Flooded with Water: Selected Poems by Alfonsina Storni.

Daniel Mueller

Instructor, Fiction [email protected]

  • Author of three short story collections.
  • His work appears in The Missouri Review, The Iowa Review, Story Quarterly, Story, The Mississippi Review, Henfield Prize Stories, and Playboy.
  • He is the director of the Creative Writing program at the University of New Mexico.

Brighde Mullins

Instructor, Writing for Stage & Screen [email protected]

  • Her plays have been developed and produced in New York, Dallas, Salt Lake City, London, Los Angeles, and San Francisco.
  • Recipient of an NEA Fellowship in Playwriting, a Whiting Foundation Award, a United States Artists Fellowship, and a Guggenheim Fellowship.
  • She has held residencies at Lincoln Center, New York Stage and Film, MacDowell, and Yaddo. She is a Usual Suspect at New York Theatre Workshop and has been a Core Member of the Playwrights’ Center in Minneapolis.
  • Has taught at Harvard, Brown, and the University of Southern California.

Instructor, Fiction [email protected]

  • Author of three novels, including “The Perfect Man,” which won The Commonwealth Writers’ Prize for the Best Book of Europe and South Asia.  His work has been translated into eight languages. 
  • Recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship and a PEN Beyond Margins Award. 
  • Has been a writer-in-residence at the University of Missouri, Western Michigan, and Northwestern University.

Jenny Offill

Instructor, Fiction [email protected]

  • Author of three novels, including “The Department of Speculation,” named one of the 10 Best Books of 2014 by the New York Times, and shortlisted for the Pen/Faulkner Award and the L.A. Times Fiction Award.
  • Co-editor of two anthologies: “The Friend Who Got Away” and “Money Changes Everything.”

David Payne

Instructor, Fiction [email protected]

  • NY Times Notable author of five novels and a memoir.
  • His work appears in The New York Times, Libération, The Washington Post, and The Oxford American.
  • Has taught at Bennington, Duke, and Hollins.

Susan Perabo

Instructor, Fiction [email protected]

  • Author of two story collections and two novels.
  • Her fiction appears in Best American Short Stories, Pushcart Prize Stories, New Stories from the South, One Story, The Iowa Review, The Missouri Review, and The Sun.
  • She is a Writer in Residence and professor of English at Dickinson College.

Instructor, Nonfiction and Poetry [email protected]

  • Author of multiple books of poetry, nonfiction, and fiction, two of which won the Library of Virginia Book of the Year Award.
  • He is a professor of English at William and Mary College in Virginia.

Robert Polito

Instructor, Poetry and Nonfiction [email protected]

  • Author of numerous books of poetry and nonfiction, including “Savage Art: A Biography of Jim Thompson,” which received the National Book Critics Circle Award.
  • Editor of the Library of America volumes “Crime Novels: Noir of the 1930s & 1940s” and “Crime Novels: American Noir of the 1950s,” as well as “The Selected Poems of Kenneth Fearing.”
  • His poems and essays appear in The New Yorker, The New York Times Book Review, Best American Poetry, Beast American Essays, and Best American Film Writing.
  • Recently served as President of the Poetry Foundation.

Patricia Powell

Instructor, Fiction [email protected]

  • Author of three novels. 
  • The recipient of a PEN New England Discovery Award and a Lila-Wallace Readers Digest Writer’s Award.
  • Has taught at Harvard University, U-Mass, MIT, and Mills College.

Steven Rinehart

Instructor, Fiction [email protected]

  • Author of a story collection and a novel.
  • The recipient of fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts, the James Michener Center, and the Virginia Center for the Arts.
  • Writes and ghostwrites for a former US President, Fortune 100 CEOs, entrepreneurs, and social activists.
  • He teaches at the Gallatin School of NYU.

Instructor, Fiction [email protected]

  • Author of 12 books of fiction.
  • A two-time National Book Award Finalist, and an Edgar Award Nominee.

Elissa Schappell

Instructor, Fiction [email protected]

  • Author of two books of fiction, including “Use Me,” a runner-up for the PEN/Hemingway Award, a New York Times “Notable Book” and a Los Angeles Times “Best Book of the Year.”
  • Co-editor of two essay anthologies: “Money Changes Everything” and “The Friend Who Got Away”
  • Her fiction and nonfiction appear in One Story, McSweeney’s, BOMB, Interview, the KGB Bar Reader, The Paris Review, The New York Times, The Los Angeles Times, Elle, Vogue, Harper’s Bazaar, and Real Simple.
  • She has taught at NYU, Texas State, and Columbia University.

Dana Spiotta

Instructor, Fiction [email protected]

  • Author of five novels, which have won the St. Francis College Literary Prize and have been a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award and the National Book Award.
  • Recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship, the Rome Prize from the American Academy in Rome, and the American Academy of Arts and Letters John Updike Prize in Literature.
  • She also teaches at Syracuse University.

Maxine Swann

Instructor, Fiction [email protected]

  • Author of three books of fiction.
  • Awarded an O. Henry Prize, a Pushcart Prize, and her work has been included in The Best American Short Stories of 1998 and 2006.

Héctor Tobar

Instructor, Fiction and Nonfiction [email protected]

  • Author of five books of fiction and nonfiction, published in ten languages, including the New York Times bestseller “Deep Down Dark,” which was adapted into a feature film.
  • Work appears in Best American Short Stories, L.A. Noir, The New Yorker, and The Los Angeles Times, and he is currently a contributing writer for the New York Times opinion pages.
  • He is an associate professor at the University of California, Irvine.

Ashley Warlick

Instructor, Fiction [email protected]

  • Author of four novels.
  • Recipient of an NEA Fellowship and the Houghton Mifflin Literary Fellowship.
  • Her work appears in The Oxford American, McSweeney’s, Redbook, and Garden and Gun.
  • She is a partner at M. Judson, Booksellers and Storytellers in Greenville, SC.

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Master’s in Writing

MA in Writing

Northwestern’s part-time Master of Arts in Writing program provides students the opportunity to grow as artists within the specializations of fiction, nonfiction, popular fiction, and poetry. A dual-genre specialization is also offered, as well as a publishing and professional development track that combines publishing industry-related instruction with the creative coursework of the writing workshops. The small-group workshop format allows for individual attention from published, award-winning faculty . Students also have the opportunity to learn the ropes in teaching writing, publishing, and editing. Flexible scheduling — with courses offered evenings and weekends on Northwestern’s Chicago and Evanston campuses as well as online and in hybrid format — gives students the opportunity to balance their professional, personal and writing lives. While earning their degrees, students connect with other writers at readings and other events in an artistic community that extends beyond the University into Chicagoʼs vibrant literary scene.

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Juan Martinez

Some of the bravest, most interesting writers I've encountered come from this program. They've lived, they've been out in the world, and they're willing to find ways to transmute that experience into compelling, transformative work.”

Students form lasting bonds with each other and with their professors. The years students have spent in the SPS creative writing program, some have told me, are the most creatively rewarding ones they've experienced.”

Christine Sneed

Teaching in Northwestern's part-time writing program has been a career highlight for me. The program is enriched by its students who come from various backgrounds and careers. The diversity of passions, insights and life experiences helps to create a truly unique and rewarding learning experience.”

  • To help students determine the strengths and weaknesses of their writing, and learn how to evaluate criticism of their work
  • To teach students how to take their writing apart, re-think and revise it
  • To show students how to experiment with different styles and forms
  • To guide students in creating a publishable manuscript or portion of one
  • To teach students how to read literature as a writer and a critic
  • To train students to teach creative writing, informed by current pedagogy and classroom experience
  • To give students the opportunity to edit an international literary magazine with their peers
  • To provide students with the tools to create strong applications for jobs in teaching, publishing, and editing

Core Courses

  • 3-4 workshops in a chosen genre: poetry, fiction, nonfiction, or popular fiction (number of workshops depends on specialization)
  • 2 graduate-level literature courses

Electives 

  • Courses drawn from MCW special topics courses, internships in teaching, publishing, and arts administration, literature courses or liberal studies courses. Students may also take an independent study courses as an elective.

Thesis 

  • MCW 590 Capstone Writing and Revision

Electives are chosen from the graduate course offerings in the Master of Arts in Literature program, creative writing special topics courses (MCW 490) and the seminars and internships (practica) in teaching and publishing. Since good writers also need to be good readers, students must take electives in literary studies. Recent electives include courses on reading poetry; the narrator in fiction, nonfiction and poetry; and writing humor. Independent studies round out the program and provide an opportunity to strengthen writing portfolios.

The final project of both the MA and MFA programs is a creative thesis, an original work of high literary merit (judged on the basis of art as well as craft). The creative thesis is structured and revised under the supervision of a faculty member (or faculty mentor) and a second reader. The project may be one long piece or a series of shorter pieces. It may include or be an expansion of work written during the student's course of study as long as it represents a culminating effort to shape stories, prose pieces, a long piece, or a group of poems into a coherent, self-sufficient work. This large-scale project supplements the smaller-scale study of craft with the invaluable experience of creating a larger work. And for students who plan to pursue book-length publication after graduation, the master's creative thesis may be the first version of a work in progress.

Northwestern also offers a part-time MFA program in Prose and Poetry .

Explore MA in Writing Courses . You can narrow your course search by day, location or instructor.

Learn from a faculty of esteemed writers in small-group workshops where instructors facilitate discussions that help students examine and address strengths and weaknesses in their writing as well as open up possibilities for re-thinking and revising. Get to know the instructors on our MA in Writing Faculty page.

Candidates for admission to the MA in Writing program must hold a bachelor's degree from a regionally accredited institution or its foreign equivalent and possess a strong academic record, preferably in English, writing or related fields. For a complete list of requirements, see the Admission page for SPS graduate programs.

Tuition for the MA in Writing program at Northwestern is comparable to similar US programs. Financial aid opportunities exist for students at Northwestern. Complete details can be found on the MA in Writing Tuition and Financial Aid pages.

Already accepted into the Master's in Writing program? Get ahead and register for your classes as soon as possible to ensure maximum efficiency in your progress. 

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2020 Outreach Courses

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CREATIVE WRITING, DISABILITIES AWARENESS, AND INCLUSION COURSE SERIES:

11/5/2020—12/22/2020 (Near East and Northern African regions, though open to all)

This short course series contains six one-hour courses (each with a 30-minute lecture and two 15-minute assignment sections). Courses are captioned/subtitled in Arabic and in English. Each course is taught by a different disabilities writer/activist.

The courses in the series are released on a weekly basis. To view the course series on your own schedule, please click here: bit.ly/DAwritingcourse

Instructors include Sheila Black , a poet, writer, and disabilities activist and currently director of development at the Association of Writers and Writing Programs (AWP), the main professional organization for creative writing programs; Ron Marz , comic book writer known for the Green Lantern and the Silver Surfer, but also for an international creative collaboration  project in 2012 where he and others, at the invitation of the Syrian government, created the Silver Scorpion, a Syrian-American teenage superhero who is wheelchair-bound; Elsa Sjunesson , Hugo, Aurora, and British Fantasy awards winner, and an activist for disability rights; and Melody Moezzi , writer, lawyer, and disabilities activist, a United Nations Global Expert and an Opinion Leader for the British Council's Our Shared Future initiative, and who, several years back, was part of an ECA program involving young American-Muslim leaders.

WORD/MOVEMENT

6/15/2020 through 8/1/2020   (Kazakhstan, Latvia, Russia)

The Movement sessions of this course work with aspects of meaning-making in dance, with establishing context and point-of-view, and with generation of movement and experimentation with structure. These sessions form the starting point of each Word session, which are in creative writing workshop format. Participants experiment with form and with language, fusing responses, insights, and reactions from the Movement sessions into their creative writing.

View text galleries of some of the course projects and assignments submitted by the Russian-speaking and Latvian-speaking participants here:   http://www.distancelearningiwp.org/wordmovementtextgalleries

(AFTERNOTE: This course’s emphases on diverse perspectives and on resiliency, occurring as it did in the midst of an unexpected global pandemic, both echoed and intersected with the myriad types of virtual artistic and issue-oriented collaborations appearing across the United States during this time.)

WOMEN'S CREATIVE MENTORSHIP PROFESSIONALIZATION PROJECT

4/15/2020 through 10/15/2020  (Argentina, Botswana, Colombia, Kenya, Mauritius, Mexico, Somalia, South Africa)

This project furthers already-established connections in the IWP's Women's Creative Mentorship (WCM) Project ,  broadens international networks and collaborations, and amplifies the many threads of conversation established by the mentor-mentee groups. A series of professional practice seminars anchored and applied these topics.

Participants were invited to create digital collages of their work in this project, and, given the COVID-19 pandemic, their work beyond it.

Click below to view the WCM participants' short videos, their texts and images, and their writing resource lists in response to being asked to describe their past few months, including the balancing/un-balancing of life, COVID-19, writing, and global and local concerns: http://www.distancelearningiwp.org/digitalcollageswmp2020

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  • Feb 03 — Dec 05 Art & Write Night Location: University of Iowa Museum of Natural History , Hageboeck Hall of Birds (Bird Hall, third Floor) -->
  • Mar 10, 7:08 pm BMindful Holy Days: Ramadan (Islam) Location: University of Iowa Division of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion -->
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In NY Times, Bina Shah worries about the state of Pakistani—and American—democracy.

“I went to [Ayodhya] to think about what it means to be an Indian and a Hindu... ”  A new essay by critic and novelist Chandrahas Choudhury .

In the January 2024 iteration of the French/English non-fiction site Frictions, T J Benson writes about “Riding Afrobeats Across the World.” Also new, a next installment in the bilingual series featuring work by students from Paris VIII’s Creative Writing program and the University of Iowa’s NFW program.

in NYTimes , Sanam Maher examines a new book about women defending themselves when the justice system in their country won’t.

The notorious Paris Review in-depth "Art of Fiction" interview with YU HUA (paywall) also includes an interesting list of recommended readings (free) for his creative writing students.

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CASSH Con 2022

Posted: Sep. 28, 2022

CASSH CON 2022

Careers in Arts, Social Sciences, and Humanities 

Thursday and friday, oct. 6 and 7.

CASSH Con is designed to offer students within the College of Arts, Social Sciences, and Humanities two days of panels and workshops focused upon alumni engagement and professional development. The event is also open to all students seeking to learn more about CASSH programs and opportunities. Most programs in CASSH will host alumni panels so that students can learn about the rich career opportunities awaiting them. Additionally, there are a variety of sessions designed to help students think about their professional identity and learn ways to build their resumes through experiential learning. 

Keynote Speakers and Events 

Dan Knorr

Dan Knorr, “They’ll Never Tell You That You’re Ready” 

Thursday, Oct. 6, 11:00 a.m. – 12:15 p.m.   McCormick 2303  

DAN KNORR is the Director of External and Government Relations at Commonwealth University of Pennsylvania, where he serves as a liaison to local, state, and federal legislators, their staffs, representatives of governmental offices and programs, key community stakeholders, regional employers, and the public at large. Prior to his time at the university, Dan held local elected office, serving as a Bloomsburg Town Councilmember from 2006-2007 and as Bloomsburg’s Mayor from 2008-2013. Dan earned a BA in Political Science in 2007 and an MBA in 2016, both from Bloomsburg University. He and his wife Brittany reside in Columbia County with their dog Zeek. 

Conne Reese

Dr. Conne Reece, “Positioning Yourself for Success: The College to Career Transition 

Thursday, Oct. 6, 12:30 – 1:45 p.m.   McCormick 2303  

CONNE REECE, PH.D. is a professor of communication at Lock Haven University of Pennsylvania, an author, and a speaker.

She teaches basic- and advanced-level communication courses with topics including business speaking and writing, professionalism, and job search strategies. She is the co-author and editor of Ready, Aim, Hired: Job Search Tactics that Really Work.  

Judge David Gass

Judge David Bruce Gass, “Meeting Your Moment: The Importance of Civic Engagement and Being Present” 

Friday, Oct. 7, 11:00 – 11:50 a.m.   McCormick 1303 

JUDGE DAVID BRUCE GASS grew up in central Pennsylvania but spent a year taking classes in Chihuahua, Mexico. He served as a law clerk to the Honorable Ruth V. McGregor before joining the Phoenix law firm of Lewis and Roca, LLP. He spent seven sessions working as Counsel at the Arizona House of Representatives, before going to the Arizona Attorney General’s Office. 

In 2009, Judge Gass was appointed to the Superior Court in Maricopa County. He served on all four major assignments. In 2019, Judge Gass was appointed to the Arizona Court of Appeals, Division One. He began serving as the Vice Chief Judge in June 2021. He is a member of the Arizona Supreme Court Commission on Diversity, Equality, and Justice. In 2021, the Arizona Supreme Court’s Committee on Judicial Education and Training awarded him the Excellence in Education Award. 

Judge Gass is a member of the LGBTQ+ community. He focuses and speaks on diversity and inclusion issues. He has been active in many related projects. He also developed an undergraduate internship program at the Arizona Court of Appeals, Division One to give diverse undergraduate students experience working in the courts and to encourage them to go to law school.  

And he saves stray dogs on the side. 

Ryanne Domingues

“A Conversation with Passage Theatre Company C. Ryanne Domingues, BU Alum” 

Friday, Oct. 7, 3:00 – 3:50 p.m.   McCormick 1303 

As Artistic Director, RYANNE DOMINGUES chooses Passage's programming and works with the artistic teams to bring their productions to life. She hires the writers, directors, and designers for each show, and helps with casting. She also is working to further develop Passage's PlayLab program and creates the plans for their Passage Youth Programs and outreach endeavors.  

She helps with fundraising for the company and collaborates with other staff to support Passage's marketing efforts. Ryanne holds a BA in Theatre Arts from Bloomsburg University and an MFA in Directing from the University of California, Irvine. 

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The College of Liberal  Arts would like to thank Clark Associates for its generous support of CASSH Con.

Event information will be updated as new information is confirmed.

Thursday, Oct. 6

9:30 – 10:45 a.m. , where are they now: history alumni career panel  .

McCormick 1303  Moderator: Dr. Jennifer Oast, Professor of History  Panelists: 

Dr. Matthew Clavin, Professor of History, University of Houston  (BA in History, Bloomsburg University, 1994; PhD in History, American University, 2005) 

Matthew Albertson, Lighting Sales, Historian, and Historic Baseball Recreator  (BA in History, BA in Political Science, Bloomsburg University, 2012) 

Patrick Velliky, Vice President for Government Affairs, Envision Healthcare  (BA in History, Bloomsburg University, 2008) 

11:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m.  

Two artists, two journeys  .

Haas Gallery – Reception and Artist’s Talk  Moderator: Brock Dent  Panelists:  

Ashley Lopez, Graphic Designer & Co-Owner, The Art Grind  (BA in Art Studio, Bloomsburg University, 2018) 

Ellen Brennan, Marketing Specialist, Seven Isles Capital  (BA in Art Studio, Bloomsburg University, 2016) 

11:00 a.m. – 12:15 p.m. 

Keynote: dan knorr, “they’ll never tell you that you’re ready” .

McCormick 2303   Description: Join this session to hear Dan, an alumnus of the College of Arts, Social Sciences, and Humanities, speak to how his degree prepared him for professional success. With experiences ranging from serving in local government to running for state office to higher education administration, Dan will touch on lessons he has learned and the importance of getting involved early in your life and career. Plenty of time will be reserved for open conversation and Q&A. 

Music Alumni Panel 

Haas 166  Moderator: Dr. Amelia Garbisch, Associate Professor of Music Panelists: 

Cole Ramsey, Music Teacher, Port Allegany, PA  (BM in Music Education, Mansfield University, 2019) 

Jon Hummel, Executive Director, Philadelphia Sinfonia  (BA in Music, Mansfield University, 2007; MS in Arts Administration, Drexel University, 2011) 

Nathan Hawk, Percussion Director, Richland High School, North Richland Hills, Texas  (BA in Music, with K-12 ed certification, Bloomsburg University, 2012) 

Bryan McMasters, Piano Technician, Jacobs Music Company, Philadelphia  (BA in Music, Bloomsburg University, 2014; MA in Piano Performance, West Chester University, 2016) 

Matthew Palmer, Development Services Coordinator, Philadelphia Orchestra  (BA in Music, with K-12 ed certification, Bloomsburg University, 2018; MS in Arts Administration and Museum Leadership, Drexel University, 2020) 

Communication Studies Alumni Panel 

McCormick 1303  Moderator: Dr. Liz Petre, Associate Professor of Communication Studies  Panelists: 

Gina Rodriguez, Human Resource Coordinator, FCB Chicago  (BA in Communication Studies, Bloomsburg University, 2019) 

Keith P. Hopkins, Chief Operating Officer, SportsBubble  (BA in Communication Studies, Bloomsburg University, 2003)  

Geara Catania, Honors College Secretary, Bloomsburg University  (BA in Communication Studies, Bloomsburg University, 2020) 

Opportunities for Undergraduate Research 

McCormick 1316  Presenter: Dr. Sue Dauria, Professor of Anthropology,  

Description: A description and workshop on the projects available through the Center for Community Research and Consulting at BU, and how students can get involved in Community based research projects. 

12:30 p.m. – 1:45 p.m.  

Dr. conne reece, “positioning yourself for success: the college to career transition” .

McCormick 2303  

Description: Sixty-five percent of college students feel that they are unprepared for their careers. In this interactive seminar, you will learn how to update your image as a communicator, and mentally prepare yourself for the post-graduate changes that await you. 

Careers in Law 

McCormick 1303  Moderator: Dr. Pete Doerschler, Professor of Political Science  Panelists: 

Judge David Bruce Gass, Vice Judge, Arizona Court of Appeals, Division One  (BS and MA in Business Administration, Marketing, and Communication Studies, Bloomsburg University, 1985; JD, Arizona State University College of Law, 1994) 

Chanty Gbaye, JD Candidate, Harvard Law School  (BS in Political Science, BS in Economics, BS in Public Administration, Bloomsburg University, 2016) 

Justice Powlus, Attorney  (BA in Political Science, Bloomsburg University, 2018; JD, University of Pittsburgh School of Law, 2021) 

Maria McGinty-Ferris, Attorney, Swartz Culleton PC  (BA in Psychology, Bloomsburg University, 2001; JD, Temple University James E. Beasley School of Law, 2004) 

Anthropology Careers 

Centennial 218   Moderator: Dr. Sue Dauria, Professor of Anthropology  Panelists:  

Jasmin Velez, Community Organizer for Kensington Corridor Trust   (BA in Anthropology, minor in Psychology, Bloomsburg University, 2015; MA in Medical Anthropology, University of Colorado) 

Chelsey Tennis, Assistant Director, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee's LGBTQ+ Resource Center   (BA in Anthropology, Bloomsburg University, 2018; MEd in Student Affairs, Marquette University, 2022) 

Laurel Downs, Forest Health Conservation Coordinator, The Nature Conservancy  (BA in Anthropology, BS in Environmental Biology, Bloomsburg University, 2014) 

Interviewing Q and A: Gain Confidence through Interview Practice  

McCormick 1316 ( Preregistration required)   Moderator: Dr. Janet Bodenman, Professor of Communication Studies 

Description: Learn the basics of how to make a positive first impression in an interview for an internship or job. Participate in a mock interview with a communication coach. 

2:00 – 3:15 p.m. 

Forensic anthropology in the federal government: the federal agency, educational requirements, and strategies to be a successful candidate for this job.

McCormick 1316   Presenter: Dr. Conrad Quintyn, Associate Professor of Anthropology 

Description: Forensic anthropologists are biological anthropologists who apply their skills (i.e., analyzing the human skeleton to estimate ancestry, sex, age, stature, and trauma from suspicious cases) to the real world, particularly in the forensic sciences to assist law enforcement. Outside of the forensic sciences, forensic anthropologists are employed in academic departments, state museums, and federal agencies. The federal agency pertinent to this presentation is the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency. This agency was originally named the US Army Central Identification Lab when it was created during World War II by the Army’s Quartermaster Corps to search for, recover, and identify the remains of service members who were killed in battle. Often, these bodies could not be recovered before decomposition and skeletonization. Today, the mission remains the same, but search and recovery also include the geographical regions of North Asia (Korean War), Southeast Asia (Vietnam War), Eastern Europe (Cold War), and the Near East (Gulf War).   

Friday, Oct. 7

9:00 – 9:50 a.m. , is graduate school a good option for me  .

McCormick 1303  Moderator: Tom Kresch, Jr., Director of Enrollment Communications and Graduate Admissions  Panelists:  

Dr. Heather Feldhaus, Dean of Graduate Studies 

Dr. Robin Drogan, Program Coordinator for the MEd in Special Education  

Dr. Carolyn Lamacchia and Dr. Ed Keller, Program Coordinators for the MS in Information Technology 

Dr. Julie Cerrito, Program Coordinator for M.Ed. in School Counseling 

Dr. Jessica Briskin, Program Coordinator for M.S. in Instructional Design and Technology 

10:00 – 10:50 a.m. 

Careers in emergent media .

McCormick 1303  Moderator: Dr. Dennis Frohlich, Associate Professor of Media and Journalism  Panelists: 

Andrea Sorna, Database Manager, Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art   (BA in Mass Communications, Bloomsburg University, 2019) 

Lauren Ackerman, Internet Marketing Specialist, Account Manager, WebFX  (BA in Media and Journalism, Bloomsburg University, 2021) 

Megan Beck, Marketing and Outreach Specialist, Lehigh and Northampton Transportation Authority  (BA in Communication Studies, Organizational Communication, BA in Media and Journalism, Public Relations, Bloomsburg University, 2022) 

Working in a Foreign Cultural Environment  

McCormick 2303  Moderators: Dr. Amarilis Hidalgo-DeJesus, Professor of Languages and Cultures  Panelists:  

Yu-hsuan Liu, Fulbright Foreign Teaching Assistant  (MA in Teaching and Learning, Ohio State University) 

Anastasiia Zhelezniakova, Teaching Assistant and Head of Creative Studio at Samara Branch of Moscow City University)  (BA in Linguistics, 2018; MA in Teacher Education, 2020) 

Ibtissam Kassimi, High School English Teacher  (BA in English Literature, 2010; Translation training, 2014; Professional Degree in teaching, 2015) 

11:00 – 11:50 a.m. 

  keynote: judge david bruce gass, “meeting your moment: the importance of civic engagement and being present” .

McCormick 1303  Description: Judge Gass will share “real life” lessons he learned along the way. He will offer practical insights and strategies to empower you to best meet your moments. You will leave with ideas for expanding your civic engagement, influence, and leadership while taking personal control of—and responsibility for—your career and life. 

Sociologists Alumni Panel 

McCormick 2303  Moderator: Dr. Christopher Podeschi, Professor of Sociology  Panelists: 

Rebekah Fries, Federal Policy & Advocacy Specialist, Upstream USA  (BA in Sociology, Bloomsburg University, 2017) 

Paul Deppen, Clinical Coordinator II, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia  (BA in Sociology, Bloomsburg University, 2015; MS in Sociology, Portland State University, 2018)  

Jacqueline Liss, OST Program Liaison, Office of Children and Families, City of Philadelphia  (BA in Sociology, minor in Gender Studies, Bloomsburg University, 2018; MA in Public Health, Social and Behavioral Sciences, Temple University, 2021) 

Noon – 12:50 p.m. 

Psychology alumni panel .

McCormick 1303  Moderator: Dr. Mary Jo Larcom, Assistant Professor of Psychology  Panelists: 

Coleen Thomas, Consulting Associate, Talogy  (BA in Psychology, Bloomsburg University, 2017; MS in Industrial and Organizational Psychology, Baker College, 2021) 

Alexa Hahn, Youth Programs Manager, Advance Central PA  (BA in Psychology, Bloomsburg University, 2014) 

Rachel Freeman, Behavioral Health School Educator  (BA in Psychology, Bloomsburg University, 2019; MSW, University of Pittsburgh, 2022) 

An Actor’s Approach to Engaging Presentations 

McCormick 1316  Presenter: Prof. David Miller, Associate Professor of Theatre  

Description: Once you have created the content for a presentation, it's time to bring it to life. Just as in a play, simply reading a script does not engage an audience. In this interactive workshop, students will learn how an actor's approach to playing an objective can enhance any presentation. 

1:00 – 1:50 p.m. 

English alumni panel .

McCormick 1316  Moderators: Dr. Tina Entzminger and Prof. Jerry Wemple, Professors of English  Panelists: 

Sarah M. Goulet, Instructional Designer, Ortho Clinical Diagnostics  (BA in English Literature, minor in Creative Writing, Bloomsburg University, 2019; MS in Educational/Instructional Technology, Bloomsburg University, 2020) 

Jordan Flaherty, Team Lead, Cotiviti Healthcare  (BA in English Literature, minor in Professional Writing, Bloomsburg University, 2013) 

Alexis Mucci, Account Coordinator, Eleven Six PR  (BA in Creative Writing, minor in American Sign Language, Bloomsburg University, 2021) 

Kelly Stiner, Campus Relations Specialist, Human Resources, Geisinger  (BA in Creative Writing, Bloomsburg University, 2010) 

Olivia Rios, Associate Director, K-12 Research at EAB  (BA in English, with a minor in Creative Writing, 2014; BS in Secondary Education, Bloomsburg University, 2013) 

2:00 to 2:50 p.m. 

What can clark associates offer you - employment opportunities and career development .

McCormick 1303  Speaker: Cassi Bennage, Recruitment & Community Relations Coordinator, Bloomsburg Distribution Center  Description: Recruiter for Clark Associates, Cassi Bennage, will discuss the ways in which students from diverse backgrounds and skill sets can find ready employment in the corporate world. Using Clark Associates as an example, she will share the various career trajectories you might take.

What Can You Do with a Political Science Degree? 

McCormick 2303  Moderator: Dr. Jessy Defenderfer, Associate Professor of Political Science 

Delbert Roll, Consultant and retired CIA Operations Officer  (BA in Humanities, Bloomsburg University, 1990) 

LaDeshia Maxwell, Deputy Southeast Regional Director at Office of Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf  (BA in Political Science, with a minor in Communication Studies, Bloomsburg University, 2014; MA in Public Policy, DePaul University, 2016) 

Marianna Palumbo, Executive Assistant, Office of Joseph Stiglitz  (BA in Political Science, Bloomsburg University, 2018) 

3:00 to 3:50 p.m. 

Keynote: “a conversation with passage theatre company c. ryanne domingues, bu alum” .

McCormick 1303  Moderator: Prof. David Miller, Associate Professor of Theatre  Description: The role of the artistic director includes working artistically and managerially. C. Ryanne Domingues does it all—selecting artistic works, hiring the directors, writers, and designers, and contributing to marketing and fundraising. Learn about how the skills and experiences of her time as an undergraduate theatre major at BU contributed and continues to contribute to her journey. 

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