The Creative Writing Programs Faculty Award-winning authors, writers across genres, generous and devoted teachers: Our 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 Or scroll down to browse MFA, MFAC, and adjunct faculty. Master of Fine Arts Faculty John BrandonAssociate Professor - Creative Writing; Director - Exempt; Program Director - CWP Shelia O'ConnorProfessor - Creative Writing Richard Pelster-WiebeLecturer - Creative Writing Angela Pelster-WiebeAssociate Professor - Creative Writing Katrina VandenbergAssociate Professor - Creative Writing MFA in Writing for Children & Young Adults Faculty Elana K. ArnoldGraduate Adjunct - CLA Swati AvasthiGraduate Adjunct - CLA Kelly BarnhillGraduate Adjunct - CLA Coe BoothGraduate Adjunct - CLA Marsha Wilson ChallGraduate Adjunct - CLA Brandy ColbertGraduate Adjunct - CLA Erin Entrada Kelly Graduate Adjunct - CLA Lisa Jahn-CloughGraduate Adjunct Nina LaCourGraduate Adjunct - CLA Jacqueline Briggs MartinGraduate Adjunct - CLA Meg MedinaGraduate Adjunct - CLA Claire Rudolf MurphyGraduate Adjunct - CLA Mary Fançois RockcastleProfessor - Creative Writing; Program Director - MFA Residency Phyllis RootGraduate Adjunct - CLA Laura RubyGraduate Adjunct - CLA Eliot SchreferGraduate Adjunct - CLA Sherri L. SmithGraduate Adjunct - CLA Laurel SnyderGraduate Adjunct - CLA Anne UrsuGraduate Adjunct - CLA Gene Luen YangGraduate Adjunct - CLA Adjunct Creative Writing Programs Faculty Swati AvasthiGraduate Adjunct - CLA John ColburnUndergraduate Adjunct - CLA Carolyn HolbrookUndergraduate Adjunct - CLA Brian MalloyGraduate Adjunct - CWP Chris MartinUndergraduate Adjunct - CLA Anna George MeekUndergraduate Adjunct - CLA Sun Yung ShinUndergraduate Adjunct - CLA