PhD Program
See writers who attended this programPoetry: Barbara Hamby, James Kimbrell, David Kirby, Virgil Suarez, Jillian Weise, L. Lamar Wilson
Fiction: Robert Olen Butler, Barbara Hamby, Skip Horack, Ravi Howard, Elizabeth Stuckey-French, Mark Winegardner
Nonfiction: Skip Horack, Ravi Howard, Diane Roberts, Mark Winegardner
The program offers full funding. The program offers teaching assistantships and fellowships. PhD students are offered a four-year assistantship and are eligible to apply for a fifth year contingent on satisfactory progress through the degree program and availability of funds.
The program hosts a weekly reading series featuring the work of graduate students, faculty, and visiting writers.