Writing Faculty Teaching Interests
Madeleine Beckman
poetry, fiction, creative non-fiction
Victoria Blythe
English literature; law and literature; critical theory; genre studies
Susan Brownmiller
travel writing; feminist theory and history; literary criticism; essays; books
Emily Fragos
poetry; fiction writing; rhetoric
Barry Goldsmith
history of comedy; comedic writing; comedy and the media
Scott Hightower
aesthetics and the arts; prosody; comparative literary studies; poetry; writing
Melanie Hulse
essay, memoir, and fiction writing; writing theory and practice (all genres)
Janine Jaquet
journalism, including print and documentary production; media studies; non-fiction writing
Nettie Jones
20-century fact, fiction, and fictionalized writing; creative cross-cultural cruising
Paul Jurmo
adult literacy education; workforce development; leadership for democratic social change
Steven Rinehart
fiction, nonfiction, and memoir writing; Web development
Leo Rubinfien
photography; filmmaking; the literary essay; globalization and the decline of traditional cultures; culture and history of Japan, China, and Southeast Asia; Manhattan lives
Robert Seidman
fiction writing and screenwriting; literary criticism with particular interest in Joyce, Beckett and Mark Twain
Steven Smith
playwriting; television and magazine writing
Chris Spain
creative writing; film
Stephen Wetta
19th- and 20th-century American literature; southern American literature; 19th-century Russian literature; Bakhtinian criticism
Carol Zoref
fiction and essay writing; 19th- and 20th-century literature; photography and other visual narratives