PhD Program
See writers who attended this programPoetry: Tina Chang, Joseph Weil
Fiction: Amir Ahmdi Arian, Thomas Glave, Leslie L. Heywood, Claire Luchette, Liz Rosenberg, Jaimee Wriston-Colbert, Alexi Zentner
Nonfiction: Amir Ahmdi Arian, Leslie L. Heywood
Funding is competitive, and accepted students typically receive full tuition and a teaching assistantship.
Most students complete the PhD program in four years.
The university hosts conferences and workshops for creative writers, such as the popular Common Ground reading series, that provide a chance to interact with visiting professionals in a variety of writing fields.
Hannah Carr-Murphy, Cole Depuy, Brian Finnelli, Jared Harel, Nicole Santalucia, Kayla Hardy-Butler, Shin Watanabe, Silas Dent Zobal