Julie Nichols

Faculty Member

Julie Nichols

Biography

BA English BYU 1975 cum laude
MA English BYU 1980 emphasis modern British literature
Ph.D. English University of Utah 1994 fiction writing (Dissertation: Pigs When They Straddle the Air, pub in modified and expanded form by Zarahemla Books in 2016)

Courses taught:
ENGL 2010/H Intermediate Writing: Academic Writing and Research
ENGL 2250/H The Creative Process/Intro to Imaginative Writing
ENGL 3420 Intermediate Fiction Writing
ENGL 3450 Intermediate Creative Nonfiction Writing
ENGL 4420/25 Advanced Fiction Writing I and II
ENGL 4450/55 Advanced Creative Nonfiction Writing I and II
ENGL 412R Genre Studies for Writers (fiction and creative nonfiction in different semesters)
ENGL 486R Special Topics: Blake and Yeats
Occasional other courses as needed

Specialties:
Fiction writing
Creative nonfiction writing
Blake and Yeats
Contemporary literary fiction and creative nonfiction
Creative writing pedagogy

Teaching

ENGL 4490

Creative Writing Capstone, Spring 2024

ENGL 3420

Intermediate Fiction Writing, Spring 2024

ENGL 481R

Internship, Spring 2024

ENGL 481R

Internship, Spring 2024

ENGL 412R

Studies in Literary Genres, Spring 2024