Writing, Literature & Publishing Faculty
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- Associate Professor and Chair
B.A. University of Iowa; M.F.A. University of Iowa; Ph.D. University of Iowa
E-Mail: jerald_walker@emerson.edu
- Professor and Associate Chair
B.A. Fairfield University; M.A. University of Iowa; M.F.A. University of Iowa
E-Mail: john_skoyles@emerson.edu
- Associate Professor and Graduate Program Director for Publishing & Writing
B.A. Tufts University; M.S. Boston University
E-Mail: lisa_diercks@emerson.edu
- Professor and Graduate Program Director for Creative Writing
B.A. University of Mississippi; M.A. University of Mississippi; M.F.A. University of Arkansas
E-Mail: steve_yarbrough@emerson.edu
- Associate Professor
B.A. University of Chicago; Ph.D. Yale University
E-Mail: jonathan_aaron@emerson.edu
- Associate Professor
E-Mail: jabari_asim@emerson.edu
- Senior Publisher/Writer-In-Residence
B.A. University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; M.S. Columbia University
E-Mail: william_beuttler@emerson.edu
- Senior Writer-In-Residence
B.A. Harvard University; M.F.A. University of Iowa
E-Mail: ben_brooks@emerson.edu
- Senior Writer-in-Residence
B.A. New York University; M.A. University of Virginia; M.F.A. Warren Wilson College
E-Mail: christine_casson@emerson.edu
- Assistant Professor
B.A. Yale University; M.Phil. Yale University; Ph.D. Yale University
E-Mail: yu_jin_chang@emerson.edu
- Associate Professor
B.A. University of Calgary; M.A. McGill University; Ph.D. Stanford University
E-Mail: william_donoghue@emerson.edu
- Associate Professor
B.A. St. Lawrence University; M.A. University of Virginia; Ph.D. University of Minnesota
E-Mail: david_emblidge@emerson.edu
- Associate Professor
B.A. University of California, Berkeley; M.A. Hunter College; Ph.D. University of Minnesota, Twin Cities
E-Mail: robin_fast@emerson.edu
- Senior Distinguished Writer-in-Residence
B.A. Roger Williams College; M.F.A. University of Iowa
E-Mail: maria_flook@emerson.edu
- Professor
B.A. California State University, Northridge; M.A. Pennsylvania State University; Ph.D. Yale University
E-Mail: flora_gonzalez@emerson.edu
- Senior Writer-in-Residence
B.A. Syracuse University; M.F.A. Bennington College
E-Mail: lise_haines@emerson.edu
- Professor
A.B. Amherst College; M.A. Harvard University; Ph.D. Harvard University
E-Mail: dewitt_henry@emerson.edu
- Lecturer
B.A. University of Massachusetts, Amherst; M.F.A. Emerson College
E-Mail: steven_himmer@emerson.edu
- Senior Writer-in-Residence
B.A. Fordham University; M.F.A. Goddard College
E-Mail: richard_hoffman@emerson.edu
- Associate Professor
B.A. University of Oregon; M.F.A. University of Virginia; Ph.D. University of California, Davis
E-Mail: roy_kamada@emerson.edu
- Associate Professor
B.A. University of Melbourne; M.A. University of Melbourne; Ph.D. Stanford University
E-Mail: maria_koundoura@emerson.edu
- Lecturer
B.A. Mary Washington College; M.F.A. Emerson College
E-Mail: mary_kovaleski@emerson.edu
- Distinguished Writer-in-Residence
B.A. University of York, England
E-Mail: margot_livesey@emerson.edu
- Publisher-in-Residence
B.A. Trinity College; M.A. Boston University
E-Mail: gian_lombardo@emerson.edu
- Lecturer
B.S. Pepperdine University; M.A. University of California, San Diego; Ph.D. University of California, San Diego
E-Mail: tamera_marko@emerson.edu
- Assistant Professor
A.B. Harvard University
E-Mail: megan_marshall@emerson.edu
- Senior Distinguished Writer-in-Residence
B.A. Smith College; M.A. Lesley College
E-Mail: gail_mazur@emerson.edu
- Assistant Professor
A.B. Duke University
E-Mail: kimberly_mclarin@emerson.edu
- Professor
A.B. Georgetown University; M.A. Georgetown University
E-Mail: pablo_medina@emerson.edu
- Senior Writer-In-Residence
B.A. Hampshire College; M.F.A. Indiana University; Ph.D. Indiana University
E-Mail: william_orem@emerson.edu
- Professor
B.A. Pennsylvania State University; M.A. University of Illinois
E-Mail: pamela_painter@emerson.edu
- Senior Writer-In-Residence
B.A. York University; M.F.A. Sarah Lawrence College
E-Mail: jon_papernick@emerson.edu
- Lecturer
B.A. Pennsylvania State University; M.F.A. Emerson College
E-Mail: elizabeth_parfitt@emerson.edu
- Director & Editor-In-Chief of Ploughshares and Distinguished Publisher-In-Residence
B.A. University of Nebraska, Lincoln; M.A. University of Nebraska, Lincoln; Ph.D. University of Nebraska, Lincoln
E-Mail: ladette_randolph@emerson.edu
- Professor
B.A. Princeton University; M.F.A. University of California, Irvine
E-Mail: frederick_reiken@emerson.edu
- Electronic Publisher-In-Residence
B.A. Skidmore College
E-Mail: john_rodzvilla@emerson.edu
- Professor
B.A. University of Rochester; M.A. University of California, Berkeley; Ph.D. University of California, Berkeley
E-Mail: murray_schwartz@emerson.edu
- Professor and Interim Dean of the School of the Arts
B.A. Iona College; M.T.S. Harvard University; M.F.A. Warren Wilson College; Ph.D. University of Virginia
E-Mail: daniel_tobin@emerson.edu
- Professor
B.A. State University of New York, Albany; M.A. Boston University
E-Mail: jessica_treadway@emerson.edu
- Professor
B.A. Stanford University; M.A. State University of New York, Buffalo; Ph.D. State University of New York, Buffalo
E-Mail: john_trimbur@emerson.edu
- Associate Professor
B.A. Brown University; M.A. University of Pennsylvania; Ph.D. University of California, San Diego
E-Mail: wendy_walters@emerson.edu
- Senior Publisher/Editor-In-Residence
B.A. Earlham College
E-Mail: daniel_weaver@emerson.edu
- Associate Professor
B.A. University of Massachusetts, Amherst; M.F.A. University of Massachusetts, Amherst
E-Mail: douglas_whynott@emerson.edu
- Associate Professor
B.A. Columbia University; M.Phil. Oxford University; Ph.D. University of Michigan
E-Mail: mako_yoshikawa@emerson.edu
WLP Associate Professor Jabari Asim explains how Emerson's program combines academic study with creative work.WLP Dept. News
WLP students, faculty, and alumni bring creativity and unparalleled passion to the study and craft of writing, literature, and publishing.
