Faculty

Name	Contact	Specialty
Aamina Ahmad Assistant Professor	612-625-0332 ahmad291@umn.edu
Peter Campion Interim Director; 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 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
Kao Kalia Yang Edelstein-Keller Writer in Residence	yang1225@umn.edu	Creative writing: literary nonfiction, memoir, children's literature