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Miranda Morgan Visiting Assistant Professor of English Phone: 253-535-7229 Email: miranda.morgan@plu.edu Office Location: Hauge Administration Building - 227-H Professional Additional Titles/Roles Director, The Writing Center Education MFA, MFA in Creative Writing, Nonfiction, University of Montana, 2019 BA, Literature and Creative Writing, University of California, Santa Barbara, 2014
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Aram Mrjoian Nonfiction, Fiction Biography Biography Aram Mrjoian is the editor-in-chief of The Rumpus and a 2022 Creative Armenia-AGBU Fellow. His debut novel, Waterline, is forthcoming with Harper Via in 2025. Aram has previously worked as an editor at the Chicago Review of Books, the Southeast Review, and TriQuarterly. He is the editor of the anthology We Are All Armenian: Voices from the Diaspora published by the University of Texas Press (March 2023). His writing has appeared in The
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black colors. A countdown clock appears on the left side of the screen counting down from 60 seconds] (timer beeping) English is the study of how people use the creative power of the written word. Storytelling is one of the most powerful forms of human expression. It’s an exciting time to study English. The surge in digital media and technology means that people are reading and writing in all sorts of new ways. At PLU, English majors can choose a concentration in literature, creative writing, or
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language and cultural skills while traveling abroad, studying at universities overseas, and through the Wang Center for Global and Community Engaged Education. Master of Fine Arts The Master of Fine Arts is an innovative three-year, four-residency program in poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction. Native American & Indigenous Studies Native American and Indigenous Studies is an exciting and rapidly developing field that complicates traditional academic disciplinarity, which was developed without
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BrothersLuke Olson ’13 of The Olson Bros, wrote “Lookin’ At You.” The band won the 2013 Texaco Country Showdown songwriting contest.Drum TapsComposition Professor Greg Youtz talks about his new piece “Drum Taps” and how the poetry of Walt Whitman inspired him.Jason Saunders '11Jason Saunders ’11 talks about his experience composing and his passion for writing and choir music.Composition Faculty Cassio ViannaAssociate Professor of MusicKorine FujiwaraLecturerLauren KottLecturerDawn SonntagLecturer
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Geistesgeschichte and has two further articles currently under review with the Journal of Austrian Studies. Clayton Regehr is a senior English / Writing major, also completing minors in History and Holocaust and Genocide Studies. He completed this article as part of his work in English 320: Intermediate Creative Nonfiction. Read Next The Trail to Social Justice: Ultrarunning Meets Dark Green Religion LATEST POSTS Gaps and Gifts May 26, 2022 Academic Animals: Making Nonhuman Creatures Matter in Universities May
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By Autumn Robbins '20Division of Humanities Professor Melissa Michal, an accomplished author and teacher, joined the English Department as a visiting creative writing professor for the 2018-19 academic year. When asked why she came to PLU to teach our students, Professor Michal replied that it was because the mission of our university focuses on social justice and a service-led life. The mission statement matches her values and background. She was excited to teach in a place with commitments so
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demonstrated unparalleled contributions to the world of music composition. She has been commissioned an impressive 22 times since 2012 to write music for chamber ensembles and brass orchestras, including her groundbreaking composition “Octave 9: Pale Blue Dot,” commissioned by the Seattle Symphony for their $6.7 million-dollar performance space. Inspired by the prose of Carl Sagan, audio from the Voyager Golden Records, and the imagery of the James Webb Space Telescope, the piece combines stunning visuals
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Aram Mrjoian Tuesday, November 2, 2021 7PM, Scandinavian Cultural Center, AUC This event is open to the campus community for in-person, socially distanced attendance. Aram Mrjoian is a writer, editor, critic, and educator. He earned his PhD in creative writing at Florida State University and his MFA at Northwestern University. Aram has also volunteered as a creative writing mentor or instructor at the Adroit Journal, 826, Hugo House, and Open Books Chicago. His writing has appeared or is
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David Allan Cates Fiction Biography Biography David Allan Cates is the author of five novels, most recently Tom Connor’s Gift, a gold medalist in the 2015 Independent Book Publishers Book awards. His first collection of poetry, The Mysterious Location of Kyrgyzstan, was released in the spring, 2016. His other novels include: Hunger in America, a New York Times Notable Book, X Out of Wonderland, and Freeman Walker, both Montana Book Award Honor Books, and Ben Armstrong’s Strange Trip Home, a
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