Faculty

Name Contact Specialty
Aamina Ahmad

Assistant Professor
612-625-0332

ahmad291@umn.edu
 
Peter Campion

Professor
612-625-3503

pcampion@umn.edu
Creative writing: poetry; poetry and the visual arts; prosody
V.V. Ganeshananthan

Associate Professor
612-626-7123

vganesha@umn.edu
Creative writing: fiction; journalism 
Megan Giddings

Assistant Professor
612–625–5075

giddi054@umn.edu
 
Douglas Kearney

Director, Associate Professor
dkearney@umn.edu Creative writing: poetry

Kathryn Nuernberger

Associate Professor

knuernbe@umn.edu Creative writing: poetry and literary nonfiction
Dan Philippon

Associate Professor
612-624-4209

danp@umn.edu
Environmental literature, history, and ethics; ideas of nature, culture, and place
Julie Schumacher

Regents Professor
612-625-3459

schum003@umn.edu
Creative writing: fiction, contemporary fiction, children's literature
Kim Todd

Professor
612-625-6095

kftodd@umn.edu
Creative writing (literary nonfiction), science and environmental writing 

Visiting Faculty

In accordance with University of Minnesota Policies, we welcome visiting scholars.  Please note that all visiting positions are subject to the approval of the chair.

Name Contact Specialties
Krys Malcolm Belc
Edelstein-Keller Writer in Residence
belc0019@umn.edu Creative writing: literary nonfiction, memoir