The Creative Writing Programs Faculty Award-winning authors, writers across genres, generous and devoted teachers, our CWP faculty arrive at each class with wisdom, humor, and literature -- stacks upon stacks of poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction. Browse faculty by program: BFA in Creative Writing Faculty MFA in Creative Writing Faculty Low-Residency MFA in Writing for Children & Young Adults Faculty MFA Core Faculty John BrandonAssistant Professor Mary François RockcastleHead of the Office of Graduate and Interdisciplinary Programs Development & Associate Professor Sheila O'ConnorAssociate Professor Angela Pelster-WeibeAssistant Professor Katrina VandenbergAssistant Professor Patricia Weaver FranciscoProfessor of Practice MFA in Writing for Children & Young Adults Faculty Swati Avasthi Coe Booth Jacqueline Briggs Martin Matt de la Peña Emily Jenkins Ron Koertge Nina LaCour Mary LogueAdjunct Faculty Phyllis Root Laura Ruby Claire Rudolf Murphy Gary D. Schmidt Sherri L. Smith Laura SnyderAdjunct Faculty Anne Ursu Marsha Wilson ChallAdjunct Faculty Gene Luen Yang Adjunct Creative Writing Programs Faculty Swati Avasthi Emma Bull John ColburnSummer School Faculty Laura Flynn Peter Geye Carolyn Holbrook Mary LogueAdjunct Faculty Brian Malloy Anna George Meek David Oppegaard Juliet PattersonInstructor Richard Pelster-Wiebe Marsha QualeyAdjunct Faculty Matt Rasmussen Sun Yung Shin