Permanent Faculty and Staff
Faculty & Staff Directory: M.F.A. Creative Writing
This page lists current faculty who teach in the M.F.A. Creative Writing program in the Department of English and updates annually on October 1.
Program Director: Dr. Charlotte Pence
Graduate Coordinator: Bianca Perez
For a list of all faculty in the Department of English, please refer to the department's Faculty Directory.
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Cyrus Cassells IIIRegents' ProfessorEmail Cyrus Cassells III at cc37@txstate.edu cc37@txstate.edu The phone number for Cyrus Cassells III is (512) 245-3799 (512) 245-3799 FH M-14 Faculty Profile for Cyrus Cassells III Faculty ProfileBiography and EducationI am the 2021 Texas State Artist-Poet Laureate. Among my honors: a Guggenheim fellowship, the National Poetry Series, a Lambda Literary Award, a Lannan Literary Award, two NEA grants, a Pushcart Prize, and the William Carlos Williams Award. My 2018 volume, The Gospel according to Wild Indigo,...Teaching InterestsCreative Writing, Literature, Film, DramaResearch InterestsClassical and Mediterranean History, African-American History and Culture, Catalan, French, Italian, and Spanish language and culture, Human Rights issues, Spirituality -
Dr. Cecily G ParksProfessorEmail Dr. Cecily G Parks at cecily.parks@txstate.edu cecily.parks@txstate.edu The phone number for Dr. Cecily G Parks is (512) 245-8231 (512) 245-8231 Faculty Profile for Dr. Cecily G Parks Faculty ProfileBiography and EducationCecily Parks is the author of three poetry collections, including most recently The Seeds (Alice James Books, 2025), winner of the UNT Rilke Prize, the Women Writing the West 2026 WILLA Award in Poetry, and the 2025 Writers' League of Texas Book Award in Poetry. This collection was also a finalist...Teaching InterestsRecent Courses:
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Small Poems
Poetic Memoirs and Memoirs by Poets
Form and Theory of Poetry
Poetry Workshop
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Senior Seminar in Poetry Writing
Creative Writing: Poetry
American PoetryResearch InterestsPoetry and Poetics, Memoir, Environmental Literature -
Dr. Charlotte PenceAssociate ProfessorEmail Dr. Charlotte Pence at cpence@txstate.edu cpence@txstate.edu The phone number for Dr. Charlotte Pence is (512) 245-7669 (512) 245-7669 FH M12 Faculty Profile for Dr. Charlotte Pence Faculty ProfileBiography and EducationCharlotte Pence recently served as Mobile, Alabama’s inaugural Poet Laureate and a 2024 Academy of American Poets laureate fellow. Her most recent book of poems, Code, received the 2020 Book of the Year award from ASPS and was shortlisted for Best Indie Poetry Books of 2020 by Foreword Reviews....Teaching InterestsPoetry Writing, Poetics and Form, Creative Nonfiction, 19th and 20th Century American Poetry, Song Poetics, Science in Literature, Eco-Writing -
William T O'BrienProfessorEmail William T O'Brien at wo11@txstate.edu wo11@txstate.edu The phone number for William T O'Brien is (512) 245-2163 (512) 245-2163 FH 365 Faculty Profile for William T O'Brien Faculty Profile
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Doug DorstAssociate ProfessorEmail Doug Dorst at dougdorst@txstate.edu dougdorst@txstate.edu The phone number for Doug Dorst is (512) 245-2163 (512) 245-2163 FH 136 Faculty Profile for Doug Dorst Faculty Profile -
Jennifer J duBoisProfessorEmail Jennifer J duBois at jjd64@txstate.edu jjd64@txstate.edu The phone number for Jennifer J duBois is (512) 245-3652 (512) 245-3652 Faculty Profile for Jennifer J duBois Faculty ProfileBiography and EducationI am a novelist and Associate Professor of English, teaching undergraduate creative writing, MFA fiction workshops, and MFA literature seminars.Research InterestsI have written four critically acclaimed novels. My debut, A Partial History of Lost Causes, was the winner of the California Book Award for First Fiction, the Northern California Book Award for Fiction, a Whiting Writers' Award, a National Book Foundation 5 Under 35 Award, and was a finalist for the... -
Lindsay SternAssistant ProfessorEmail Lindsay Stern at lindsay.stern@txstate.edu lindsay.stern@txstate.edu The phone number for Lindsay Stern is (512) 408-5891 (512) 408-5891 FH M24 Faculty Profile for Lindsay Stern Faculty ProfileBiography and EducationPh.D. Yale University
M.F.A. Iowa Writers' Workshop
B.A., summa cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa, Amherst College -
Bianca PerezAsst Professor of InstructionEmail Bianca Perez at bperez@txstate.edu bperez@txstate.edu The phone number for Bianca Perez is (512) 245-7681 (512) 245-7681 FH 309B Faculty Profile for Bianca Perez Faculty Profile
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James H MattsonAssistant ProfessorEmail James H Mattson at jhmattson@txstate.edu jhmattson@txstate.edu The phone number for James H Mattson is (512) 245-2163 (512) 245-2163 FH 238 Faculty Profile for James H Mattson Faculty Profile -
Ada E LimonProfessorEmail Ada E Limon at adaelimon@txstate.edu adaelimon@txstate.edu Faculty Profile for Ada E Limon Faculty Profile -
Jonathan P EscofferyProfessor- Univ ChairEmail Jonathan P Escoffery at escoffery@txstate.edu escoffery@txstate.edu FH 348 Faculty Profile for Jonathan P Escoffery Faculty Profile
