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fellowships and awards from the National Endowment for the Arts, Artist Trust, 4Culture, Potlatch Fund, and Hugo House. Elissa is an assistant professor of creative writing at the Ohio State University.

for the National Magazine Award and the Pushcart Prize, Jennifer teaches creative writing at Utah State University where she is a professor of English. She lives in Logan with her husband, poet Michael Sowder, and her two sons.

Review, Troubling the Line: Trans and Genderqueer Poetry and Poetics, and elsewhere. She teaches at the University of Pittsburgh and at the Rainier Writing Workshop, Pacific Lutheran University’s low-residency MFA program.

science, Hispanic studies, geosciences, and religion. Congratulations to the Environmental Studies Class of 2021! John Evanishyn Environmental Studies and English Writing Major Project: Finding the Middle Ground in Vacant Lots: Using Children’s Books & Childhood to Address Urban Land Waste & Ecological RestorationI would like to thank Dr. Claire Todd and Dr. Sergia Hay for overseeing my capstone as it has developed over the past year. I would also like to thank Dr. Romey Haberle for providing key

of the Ohlone-Costanoan Esselen Nation of California.  As John Lucian Smith Jr. Professor of English at Washington and Lee University, Deborah teaches Creative Writing (poetry and memoir), composition, and literature of the margins (Native American, Chicana/o, LGBTQ, African American, Asian American, mixed-genre, experimental).

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transferable research practices and develop new habits of mind/ways of thinking. Suggested Small Changes Use phrases like “exploring resources” instead of “finding sources” in order to shift the focus toward building understanding. This shift in language will also help to emphasize that research is iterative and not something that happens just before writing an essay. Avoid the reification of sources, which leads students to think of sources as containing a single piece of information to insert into their

disciplines Love dancing, paint, doodling, music, acting, writing, building, and more Program + Learning OutcomesBy participating in Community for Creative Expression, students will be able to: Articulate what creativity means in their own terms, as it relates to their chosen academic field of study Identify diverse ways to engage in “everyday creativity” in order to cultivate creativity as a lifelong practice or vocation Demonstrate critical reflection on personal identity and social justice through