Spring 2026 Courses

Spring 2026 Writing Courses

Creative Writing Courses

Creative Nonfiction Writing 1 - WRITING 2100

Sturges, Jeanette
Tue/Thu | 11:30 AM- 12:50 PM

Paik, Sally
Mon/Wed | 10:00 AM- 11:20 AM

Tran, Elise
Tue/Thu | 4:00 PM- 5:20 PM

TBD
Mon/Wed | 8:30 AM- 9:50 AM

Schuman, David
Tue/Thur | 1:00 PM- 2:20 PM

Wood, Ethan 
Mon/Wed | 11:30 AM- 12:50 PM

Fiction Writing 1 - WRITING 2200

Starace, Lorenza
Mon/Wed | 11:30 AM - 12:50 PM

TBD
Tue/Thu | 8:30 AM- 9:50 AM

Pouye, Mariama
Mon/Wed | 10:00 AM- 11:20 AM

Thompson- Nixon, Hannah
Tue/Thu | 4:00 PM- 5:20 PM

Terry, Faith
Tue/Thu | 10:00 AM- 11:20 AM

Lipton, Jessica
Tue/Thu | 11:30 AM-12:50 PM

Poetry Writing 1 - WRITING 2300

Golitz, Lydia Catherine
Tue/Thu | 1:00 PM- 2:20 PM

Hoover, Mikaela
Mon/Wed | 10:00 AM- 11:20 AM

Chastain, Apollo
Mon/Wed | 8:30 PM - 9:50 AM

Schofalvi, Amelia
Mon/Wed | 11:30 AM - 12:50 PM

Ukata, Edwardson
Tue/Thu | 4:00 PM - 5:20 PM

Creative Nonfiction Writing 2: Literary Journalism - WRITING 3100

McPherson, Heather
Tue/Thu | 11:30 AM - 12:50 PM

Creative Nonfiction: Personal Essay and Memoir - WRITING 3101

TBD
Tue/Thu | 8:30 AM - 9:50 AM

Modern Humor Writing - WRITING 3102

McPherson, Heather
Tue/Thu | 2:30 PM - 3:50 PM

Fiction Writing 2 - WRITING 3200

Klimasewiski, Marshall
Mon/Wed | 1:00 PM - 2:20 PM

Riker, Martin
Tue/Thu | 11:30 AM - 12:50 PM

Imaginative Fiction: SF and Fantasy - WRITING 3208

Rabong, Shannon
Tue/Thu | 8:30 AM - 9:50 AM

Poetry Writing 2 - WRITING 3300

TBD
Mon/Wed | 4:00 PM - 5:20 PM

Topics in Composition - Fiction and the Law - WRITING 4090/5090

Schuman, David
Thu | 2:30 PM - 5:20 PM

Advanced Nonfiction - WRITING 4100

Asim, G’Ra
Tue/Thu | 11:30 AM - 12:50 PM

Advanced Fiction Writing - WRITING 4200

Klimasewiski, Marshall
Mon/Wed | 4:00 PM - 5:20 PM

Craft of Fiction: Fiction and the Visual - WRITING 4210/5210

Dutton, Danielle
Tue/Thu | 11:30 AM - 12:50 PM

Advanced Poetry Writing - WRITING 4310
 

Corral, Eduardo
Mon/Wed | 11:30 AM- 12:50 AM

Craft of Fiction: The Novel - WRITING 5613

Davis, Kathryn
Fri | 1:00 PM - 4:00 PM

Craft of Creative Nonfiction: Comedian as Essayist - WRITING 5700

Asim, G’Ra
Tue | 3:00 PM - 5:50 PM

Craft of Poetry - WRITING 5702

Levin, Dana
Mon | 2:30 PM - 5:20 PM

MFA Fiction Workshop - WRITING 5801

Davis, Kathryn
Wed | 2:30PM - 5:20 PM

MFA Poetry Workshop - WRITING 5802

Corral, Eduardo
Wed | 2:30PM - 5:20 PM

MFA Non-Fiction Workshop - WRITING 5803

McPherson, Edward
Wed | 2:30PM - 5:20 PM

Advanced Writing

Writing The Visual World - WRITING 2001

Daniels, Bethany
Tue/Thu | 11:30 AM - 12:50 PM

Argumentation - WRITING 3000 (WI)

Windle, Beth
Mon/Wed | 10:00 AM - 11:20 AM

Thompson, Matthew
Mon/Wed | 2:30 PM - 3:50 PM

Thompson, Matthew
Mon/Wed | 4:00 PM - 5:20 PM

Henderson, Rin
Tue/Thu | 10:00 AM - 11:20 AM

Thomas, Victoria
Mon/Wed | 11:30 AM - 12:50 PM

Finneran, Erin
Tue/Thu | 1:00 PM - 2:20 PM

Exposition - WRITING 3001 (WI)

Shipe, Matthew
Tue/Thu | 10:00 AM - 11:20 AM

O’Bryan, Michael
Tue/Thu | 10:00 AM - 11:20 AM

O’Bryan, Michael
Tue/Thu | 11:30 AM - 12:50 PM

Clark, Ian
Tue/Thu | 1:00 PM - 2:20 PM

Daniels, Bethany
Tue/Thu | 2:30 PM - 3:50 PM

Daniels, Bethany
Tue/Thu | 4:00 PM - 5:20 PM

Writing and Medicine - WRITING 3004 (WI)

Arch, Jennifer
Mon/Wed | 8:30 AM - 9:50 AM

Writing The Natural World - WRITING 3005 (WI)

Stephanie Pippin
Mon/Wed | 8:30 AM - 9:50 AM

Stephanie Pippin
Mon/Wed | 10:00 AM - 11:20 AM

Stephanie Pippin
Mon/Wed | 11:30 AM - 12:50 PM

Associated Courses

Introduction to Screenwriting - FILM 3520

Chapman, Richard
TueThu | 1:00 PM - 2:20 PM

Advanced Screenwriting - FILM 4520

TBD
Tue/Thu | 10:00 AM - 11:20 AM

Publishing Courses

Fundamentals of Editing - WRITING 3500

Arch, Jennifer
Mon/Wed | 10:00 AM - 11:20 AM

The Art of Publishing - WRITING 3601

Schaberg, Christopher
Tue/Thu | 11:30 AM - 12:50 PM

Children's Publishing: History, Context & Craft
CHST 3003

Ridolfi, Danielle
Tue/Thu | 8:30 AM - 9:50 AM

Spring 2026 Literature Courses

Graphic Narratives from Funny Papers to Superheroes to Memoir - ELIT 1103

O’Bryan, Michael
Mon/Wed | 10:00 AM - 11:20 AM

Literature of Addiction - ELIT 1106

Henderson, Rin
Tue/Thu | 8:30 AM - 9:50 AM

Bestsellers - Trash or Treasure? - ELIT 1107

Kane, Maria
Tue/Thu | 4:00 PM - 5:20 PM

Early Texts & Contexts - ELIT 2151

Victoria, Thomas
Mon/Wed | 8:30 AM - 9:50 AM

Myers, Bernadette
Mon/Wed | 11:30 AM - 12:50 PM

Schmidgen, Wolfram
Tue/Thu | 4:00 PM - 5:20 PM

Modern Texts & Contexts - ELIT 2152

Adwetewa-Badu, Ama Bemma
Mon/Wed | 11:30 AM - 12:50 PM

Fleming, Julius
Mon/Wed | 10:00 AM - 11:20 AM

Shipe, Matthew
Tue/Thu | 8:30 AM - 9:50 AM

Stranger than Fiction: True Crime from In Cold Blood to I'll Be Gone in the Dark - ELIT 2201

Windle, Beth
Tue/Thu | 2:30 PM - 3:50 PM

Ampersand: Literary Culture of Modern Ireland II - ELIT 2812

Finneran, Erin
Tue/Thu | 2:30 PM - 3:50 PM

Introduction to Literary Theory - ELIT 3000

Windle, Beth
Tue/Thu | 10:00 AM - 11:20 AM

Eburne, Jonathan
Mon/Wed | 1:00 PM - 2:20 PM

The Great American Novel - ELIT 3100 (20th)

Maciak, Phillip
Tue/Thu | 4:00 PM - 5:20 PM

Medieval Literature And The Art Of Love - ELIT 3109 (Med)

Rosenfield, Jessica A
Mon/Wed | 1:00 PM - 2:20 PM

The American Renaissance: The Classic 19th Century Novels that Defined the Nation - ELIT 3111 (19th)

Early, Gerald
Tue/Thu | 1:00 PM - 2:20 PM

Climate Stories: Literature and the Environment - ELIT 3113 (20th)

Blum, Hester
Mon/Wed | 4:00 PM - 5:20 PM

Turn and Face the Strange: Alienation and Transformation in Modern Literature and Music - ELIT 3116 (20th)

Finneran, Erin
Tue/Thu | 11:30 AM - 12:50 PM

Gothic Traditions: From Frankenstein To Dracula - ELIT 3117 (19th)

McKelvy, William
Mon/Wed | 1:00 PM - 2:20 PM

Welcome to the Party: Black Nightlife and the Making of Race in America - ELIT 3118 (20th, GML)

Fleming, Julius
Mon/Wed | 1:00 PM - 2:20 PM

A History of the Golden Age of Children's Literature - ELIT 3130 (19th)

Pawl, Amy
Tue/Thu | 10:00 AM - 11:20 AM

Pawl, Amy
Tue/Thu | 1:00 PM - 2:20 PM

The Global Novel - ELIT 3139 (GML, 20th)

Brown, J Dillon
Mon/Wed | 4:00 PM - 5:20 PM

Drama Queens: Cleopatra in Elizabethan England - ELIT 3140 (EM)

Sommers, Claire
Mon/Wed | 2:30 PM - 3:50 PM

End of the Century: US Culture in the 1990s - ELIT 3141 (20th, WI)

Shipe, Matthew
Tue/Thu | 1:00 PM - 2:20 PM

The Bible as Literature - ELIT 3152

Thomas, Victoria
Mon/Wed | 10:00 AM - 11:20 AM

Shakespeare - ELIT 3163 (EM)

Loewenstein, Joseph
Tue/Thu | 4:00 PM - 5:20 PM

Adaptations - Literature / Film / TV - ELIT 3164 (20th)

Maciak, Phillip
Tue/Thu | 11:30 AM - 12:50 PM

Literature and Medicine - ELIT 3504 (WI)

Arch, Jennifer
Mon/Wed | 11:30 AM - 12:50 PM

Senior Research Seminar II - ELIT 3892

Batten, Guinn
Wed | 4:00 PM - 6:20 PM

Literature and Religion in an Age of Doubt? - ELIT 4109 / 5612 (19th)

McKelvy, WIlliam
Tue/Thu | 2:30 PM - 3:50 PM

Modern Literature and the Occult - ELIT 4125 / 5625 (20th)

Eburne, Jonathan
Mon/Wed | 2:30 PM - 3:50 PM

That Old Weird America - ELIT 4148 / 5601 (19th)

Blum, Hester
Mon/Wed | 1:00 PM - 2:20 PM

Chaucer - ELIT 4158 / 5604 (Med)

Rosenfeld, Jessica
Mon/Wed | 10:00 AM - 11:20 AM

Environmental Catastrophe on the Shakespearean Stage - ELIT 5603

Myers, Bernadette
Wed | 4:00 PM - 6:50 PM

Big and Little Historicisms: Literary Scholarship after the New Formalism - ELIT 5614

Maxwell, William
Mon | 4:00 PM - 6:50 PM

Diasporic Poetics - ELIT 5631

Adwetewa-Badu, Ama Bemma
Fri | 3:00 PM - 5:50 PM

Associated Courses

Body Language: Acting, Gestures, Dance in Historical Practice - DRAMA 3014

Walker, Julia 
Tue/Thu | 1:00 PM - 2:20 PM

Revision and Revival: Stages of Change in Theatrical Performance - DRAMA 3311

Sommers, Claire
Mon/Wed | 4:00 PM - 5:20 PM

Shakespeare Page to Stage to Screen and Everything in Between - DRAMA 3315

Sommers, Claire
Mon/Wed | 11:30 AM - 12:50 PM

Rhizomatic Jane Eyre: Adaptation, Transmediation, Reception, 1847-2020 - COMPLIT 3355

Tatlock, Lynne
Mon/Wed | 4:00 PM - 5:20 PM

Black Conservatives and Their Discontent: African Americans and Conservatism in America - AFAS 3655 (GML)

Early, Gerald
Tue/Thu | 10:00 AM - 11:20 AM

Topics in Contemporary Arts Practice Research (Ghost Mapping - Raising the Dead with Immersive Technology - DRAMA 4080

Hunter, Elizabeth
Mon/Wed | 1:00 PM - 2:20 PM

Borders and Boundaries - DRAMA 4311

Peña, Elaine 
Mon | 4:00 PM - 6:50 PM

Theorizing Blackness: A Genealogy of Radical Thought in the Black World - AFAS 4350 (GML)

Mbatha, Themba
Mon | 3:00 PM - 5:50 PM

Using GPT to Study Literature - COMPLIT 4700

Kirilloff, Gabi
Mon/Wed | 4:00 PM - 5:20 PM

Doomed Youth and the End of the Old World: English and European Literature of the First World War  - COMPLIT 4931 (20th)

Sherry, Vincent
Mon/Wed | 11:30 AM - 12:50 PM