Brandi Bird
Student
Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing (MFA)
School of Creative Writing
The school offers a student-focused program, we combine the best of traditional workshop and leading-edge pedagogy. Our literary cross-training offers opportunities in a broad range of genres including fiction, poetry, screenplay, podcasting, video game writing and graphic novel.
We strive to create a dynamic and inclusive environment that encourages artistic experimentation and community building. We’re extremely proud of the national and international literary achievements of our many graduates, as well as their generous contributions to the greater creative community.
Graduate Degree Programs
Research Supervisors
| Name | Research Interests |
|---|---|
| Belcourt, Billy-Ray | Fiction; Nonfiction; Poetry; Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry |
| French, Whitney | memory, loss, technology, and nature; memory, loss, technology, and nature |
| Hopkinson, Nalo | Creative Writing: Speculative Ficton, Fantasy, Science Fiction, especially Other Voices; Creative Writing: Speculative Ficton, Fantasy, Science Fiction, especially Other Voices |
| Irani, Anosh | |
| Koncan, Frances | Theatre; Playwriting; Screenwriting; film; Television; Directing (Theatre, Film); Producing (Theatre, Film); Artistic Direction; Dramaturgy; Cultural Consulting; Consulting; Theatre, Playwriting, Screenwriting, Film, Television, Directing (Theatre, Film), Producing (Theatre, Film), Artistic Direction, Dramaturgy, Cultural Consulting, Consulting |
| Leavitt, Sarah | Autobiographical comics; Formal experimentation in comics; Comics pedagogy; Autobiographical comics, Formal experimentation in comics, Comics pedagogy |
| Lee, Nancy | Fiction; Creative Writing |
| Lyon, Annabel | 50th Anniversary of Creative Writing, fiction, creative writing |
| Maillard, Keith | Fiction, poetry |
| Marzano-Lesnevich, Alex | Nonfiction; Nonfiction |
| McGowan, Sharon | Planning of film productions from concept to completion |
| Medved, Maureen | Fiction, writing for screen |
| Nicholson, Cecily | Poetry; Poetry |
| Ohlin, Alix | Fiction; Screenwriting; Environmental writing; Environmental writing, Fiction, Screenwriting |
| Pohl-Weary, Emily | Fiction; Writing for Youth; Fiction, Writing for Youth |
| Svendsen, Linda | Writing for Television; Fiction; Writing for Television, Fiction |
| Taylor, Timothy | fiction and nonfiction |