• Marva Hinton ‘10

    Marva Hinton ‘10 (Los Angeles, MFA in Creative Writing) interviewed author Deesha Philyaw ‘10 (Los Angeles, MFA in Creative Writing) and author Brian Broome for the Read More podcast. 

  • Jessica O’Dwyer ‘18

    Jessica O’Dwyer’s ‘18 (Los Angeles, MFA in Creative Writing) novel Mother Mother was a 2021 San Diego Book Awards winner for Published General Fiction, a National Indie Excellence Awards finalist,…

  • Victoria Chang

    MFA Program Chair Victoria Chang’s upcoming book, Dear Memory: Letters on Writing, Silence, and Grief, was included on Most Anticipated lists by both the Los Angeles Times and Time.

  • Lowell Blank ‘18

    Lowell Blank ‘18 (Santa Barbara, MFA in Writing) recently formed a production company with writer/director Lane Michael Stanley, called Secretly Famous Productions. They will begin production on their 2nd Independent…

  • Dara Padwo-Audick ‘21

    Dara Padwo-Audick’s ‘21 (Santa Barbara, MFA in Writing) short screenplay, The Cardigan, won Best Short Screenplay at the Reale International Film Festival in February in Milan and was just selected…

  • Alan Verdi ‘03

    Alan Verdi ‘03 (New England, MS) was recently appointed Vice President of Sales for AlertOps, a leader in the Incident Management Software market space. Read more here.

  • William Stegemann ‘17

    William Stegemann ‘17 (Los Angeles, BA Liberal Studies) was welcomed as Colombia County Habitat for Humanity’s New ReStore Manager. He is responsible for overseeing all ReStore operations, ranging from donations…

  • Khavin Debbs ‘18

    Khavin Debbs ‘18 (Seattle, MA in Education with Urban Environmental Education) was promoted to Deputy Executive Director of Preschool and Community Programs Tiny Trees Preschool. In this role, Debbs will…

  • Lauren Kinney ‘17

    Lauren Kinney ‘17 (Los Angeles, MFA in Creative Writing) taught a flash fiction workshop for 7th–12th graders this summer for the Austin Library Foundation’s Badgerdog program.

  • Khavin Debbs

    Khavin Debbs (Seattle, MA in Education with Urban Environmental Education) on his recent promotion to Deputy Executive Director of Preschool and Community Programs. In this role, Khavin will lead strategy and…

  • Kim Steutermann Rogers ‘07

    Kim Steutermann Rogers ‘07 (Los Angeles, MFA in Creative Writing) had her story, “Mango Madness,” published in Emerge Literary Journal.

  • Jeri Frederickson ‘20

    Jeri Frederickson’s ‘20 (Los Angeles, MFA in Creative Writing) poem, “A Letter for the Pseudonyms at My Job,” was published in The Purposeful Mayonnaise.