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Faculty Member

Kara Van De Graaf

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Biography

Dr. van de Graaf is the author of Spitting Image (Southern Illinois University Press, 2018), winner of the Crab Orchard First Book Prize in Poetry. Her individual poems appear widely in national literary journals, including Poetry, The Southern Review, AGNI, New England Review, Missouri Review, Alaska Quarterly Review, and the anthology Best New Poets. Other honors include the Hoepfner Award from Southern Humanities Review, an Academy of American Poets Prize, a fellowship from Vermont Studio Center, and scholarships from the Squaw Valley Community of Writers, The New York State Summer Writers Institute, and Sewanee Writers' Conference.

A former poetry editor for Cream City Review, she is currently an editor for Lightbox Poetry, an online educational resource for poetry in the classroom, which she co-founded in 2015.

Teaching

ENGL 4440

Advanced Poetry Writing, Fall 2025

ENGL 2250

Introduction to Creative Writing, Fall 2025

ENGL 2250

Introduction to Creative Writing, Fall 2025

ENGL 3470R

Popular Genre Writing, Fall 2025

ENGL 1010

Introduction to Academic Writing CC, Summer 2025

ENGL 4490

Creative Writing Capstone, Spring 2025

ENGL 3450

Intermediate Creative Nonfiction Writing, Spring 2025

ENGL 1010

Introduction to Academic Writing CC, Spring 2025

ENGL 1010

Introduction to Academic Writing CC, Spring 2025

ENGL 3440

Intermediate Poetry Writing, Fall 2024

ENGL 1010

Introduction to Academic Writing, Fall 2024

ENGL 1010

Introduction to Academic Writing, Fall 2024

ENGL 347R

Popular Genre Writing, Fall 2024

ENGL 4445

Advanced Poetry Writing II, Spring 2023

ENGL 3450

Intermediate Creative Nonfiction Writing, Spring 2023

ENGL 481R

Internship, Spring 2023

ENGL 481R

Internship, Spring 2023

ENGL 2250

Introduction to Creative Writing HH, Spring 2023

ENGL 3440

Intermediate Poetry Writing, Fall 2022

ENGL 481R

Internship, Fall 2022

ENGL 1010

Introduction to Academic Writing CC, Fall 2022

ENGL 1010

Introduction to Academic Writing CC, Fall 2022

ENGL 4445

Advanced Poetry Writing II, Spring 2022

ENGL 3440

Intermediate Poetry Writing, Spring 2022

ENGL 1010

Introduction to Academic Writing CC, Spring 2022

ENGL 1010

Introduction to Academic Writing CC, Spring 2022

ENGL 3450

Intermediate Creative Nonfiction Writing, Fall 2021

ENGL 3440

Intermediate Poetry Writing, Fall 2021

ENGL 481R

Internship, Fall 2021

ENGL 225H

Introduction to Creative Writing Honors HH, Fall 2021

ENGL 1010

Introduction to Academic Writing CC, Spring 2021

ENGL 1010

Introduction to Academic Writing CC, Spring 2021

ENGL 2250

Introduction to Creative Writing HH, Spring 2021

ENGL 412R

Studies in Literary Genres, Spring 2021

ENGL 4440

Advanced Poetry Writing, Fall 2020

ENGL 3450

Intermediate Creative Nonfiction Writing, Fall 2020

ENGL 1010

Introduction to Academic Writing CC, Fall 2020

ENGL 1010

Introduction to Academic Writing CC, Fall 2020

ENGL 3440

Intermediate Poetry Writing, Spring 2020

ENGL 1010

Introduction to Academic Writing CC, Spring 2020

ENGL 225H

Introduction to Creative Writing Honors HH, Spring 2020

ENGL 4440

Advanced Poetry Writing, Fall 2019

ENGL 490R

Directed Readings, Fall 2019

ENGL 3440

Intermediate Poetry Writing, Fall 2019

ENGL 1010

Introduction to Academic Writing CC, Fall 2019

ENGL 3440

Intermediate Poetry Writing, Spring 2019

ENGL 2250

Introduction to Creative Writing HH, Spring 2019

ENGL 4440

Advanced Poetry Writing, Fall 2018

ENGL 4445

Advanced Poetry Writing II, Fall 2018

ENGL 481R

Internship, Fall 2018

ENGL 1010

Introduction to Academic Writing CC, Fall 2018

ENGL 412R

Studies in Literary Genres, Fall 2018

ENGL 3440

Intermediate Poetry Writing, Spring 2018

ENGL 1010

Introduction to Academic Writing CC, Spring 2018

ENGL 1010

Introduction to Academic Writing CC, Spring 2018

ENGL 486R

Topics in Literature, Spring 2018

ENGL 3440

Intermediate Poetry Writing, Fall 2017

ENGL 1010

Introduction to Academic Writing CC, Fall 2017

ENGL 1010

Introduction to Academic Writing CC, Fall 2017

ENGL 2250

Introduction to Creative Writing HH, Fall 2017

ENGL 3450

Creative Writing_ Nonfiction, Spring 2017

ENGL 1010

Introduction to Academic Writing CC, Spring 2017

ENGL 2250

Introduction to Creative Writing HH, Spring 2017

ENGL 4440

Advanced Poetry Writing, Fall 2016

ENGL 4445

Advanced Poetry Writing II, Fall 2016

ENGL 1010

Introduction to Academic Writing CC, Fall 2016

ENGL 2250

Introduction to Creative Writing HH, Fall 2016

ENGL 225H

Introduction to Creative Writing Honors HH, Fall 2016