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  • poetry, the Shelley Memorial Award from the Poetry Society of America, The Poetry Center Book Award, and the Barnes & Noble Writer for Writers Award, he is contributing editor for Poets & Writers Magazine and writes a monthly column for NBC-Latino online.  Currently, he is professor of English at Rutgers-Newark, the State University of New Jersey, and the inaugural Stan Rubin Distinguished Writer-in-Residence at the Rainier Writing Workshop.  In 2015, he received The Bill Whitehead Award for Lifetime

  • classes in poetry. Statement:  “I encourage students to think of themselves not as isolated individuals, but as members of a learning community. For me, the writing workshop is a place where students improve their skills in reading, critical thinking, interpretation, and communication through engagement with their own texts and with those written by others.  To be members of a learning community, I teach my students that verbal and written communication are inextricable, neither can take place

  • . And Meyer loves fairy tales. She was entranced when she first watched The Little Mermaid at 5 years old. But she never quite figured out how to combine those two passions until she had a dream one night in 2008 about Cinderella as a cyborg and her foot falling off as she tried to run away from the ball. “I woke up and said, ‘Thank you, subconscious,’” Meyer laughed during a recent visit to campus. Meyer is currently writing the fourth book of her Luna Series, which places fairy-tale characters

  • a first-time author writing for teens and celebrates impressive new voices in young adult literature.” Walton, who graduated from PLU in 2004 with a B.A. in Education, says the nomination means the world to her. “I think one of the things I’ve ever wanted in life was to publish a novel that has one of those delicious medallions on the cover,” she explains. “It’s the dream!” “Being nominated for the Morris Award is a bit like being nominated for an Oscar in our world—it’s absolutely huge!” says

  • discussed and debated many of its central topics and I tried out arguments in class.In Pets, People, and Pragmatism, I thanked the students in a particular Writing 101 class that focused on the topic of pets. In this class we read books presenting an array of views of pets and discussed the various positions. I presented a draft of one chapter of my book to the class. At first I did not tell them it was my book and had them do peer reviews of the chapter just as they regularly did with each other’s work

  • , neglect, harassment, and violence. Includes identification and reporting procedures, and the legal and professional responsibilities of all mandated reporters. (1) EDUC 528 : Reading and Writing Across the K-8 Curriculum Investigates genres of contemporary children's literature and how to develop a personal repertoire of reading material for classroom use. Also examines strategies for teaching writing in K-8 classroom. (2) EDUC 529 : Reading and Writing Across the Secondary Curriculum Explores

  • Geffrey Davis Poetry Biography Biography Geffrey Davis is the author of three books of poems, most recently One Wild Word Away (BOA Editions 2024). His second collection, Night Angler, won the James Laughlin Award from the Academy of American Poets; and his debut, Revising the Storm, received the A. Poulin, Jr. Poetry Prize and was a Hurston/Wright Legacy Award Finalist. His writing has been published in places such as AGNI, The Atlantic, New England Review, The New York Times Magazine, The New

  • Amber Khederian Assistant Director of the Writing Center and Writing Center Consultant Full Profile She/Her, They/Them

  • additional financial aid if they need funds for living expenses and other indirect costs, such as room and meals, personal expenses, transportation, or books and supplies, as reflected below in the cost of attendance. Total program cost: The ABSN program is a 16-month, 68-credit program with an estimated total tuition cost of $69,700. If a student is required to take prerequisites, the additional tuition is $475.00 per credit hour. Cost per semester hour: $1,025.00 per credit hour Additional Fees may

  • additional financial aid if they need funds for living expenses and other indirect costs, such as room and meals, personal expenses, transportation, or books and supplies, as reflected below in the cost of attendance. Total program cost: The ABSN program is a 16-month, 68-credit program with an estimated total tuition cost of $69,700. If a student is required to take prerequisites, the additional tuition is $475.00 per credit hour. Cost per semester hour: $1,025.00 per credit hour Additional Fees may