Faculty

Name Contact Specialty
Aamina Ahmad
Assistant Professor
612-625-0332
ahmad291@umn.edu
 
Peter Campion
Professor
612-625-3503
pcampion@umn.edu
Creative writing: poetry; poetry and the visual arts; prosody
V.V. Ganeshananthan
Associate Professor
612-626-7123
vganesha@umn.edu
Creative writing: fiction; journalism 
Megan Giddings
Assistant Professor
612–625–5075
giddi054@umn.edu
 
Douglas Kearney
Director, Associate Professor
dkearney@umn.edu Creative writing: poetry

Kathryn Nuernberger
Associate Professor

knuernbe@umn.edu Creative writing: poetry and literary nonfiction
Dan Philippon
Associate Professor
612-624-4209
danp@umn.edu
Environmental literature, history, and ethics; ideas of nature, culture, and place
Julie Schumacher
Regents Professor
612-625-3459
schum003@umn.edu
Creative writing: fiction, contemporary fiction, children's literature
Kim Todd
Professor
612-625-6095
kftodd@umn.edu
Creative writing (literary nonfiction), science and environmental writing 

Visiting Faculty

In accordance with University of Minnesota Policies, we welcome visiting scholars.  Please note that all visiting positions are subject to the approval of the chair.

Name Contact Specialties
Krys Malcolm Belc
Edelstein-Keller Writer in Residence
belc0019@umn.edu Creative writing: literary nonfiction, memoir