Creative Writing

Overview

Key facts

This approach seeks to train students in ways that reflect the realities of the writer/artist’s evolving role in the academy. Because writers, when hired to teach, are often asked to handle a variety of courses beyond the creative writing workshop, the academic/studio format requires students to take literature and pedagogy courses in addition to writing workshops.

Thus, the M.F.A. in Creative Writing at West Virginia University is both an academic and a professional degree. As part of WVU’s comprehensive Center for Writing Excellence, this degree allows students to prepare for careers in teaching or professional writing/editing.

Career

Job titles and employers of recent graduates include:

• writer/editor, ModCloth

• researcher, law firm

• editor, University Press

• English professor, Northern Kentucky University

• English instructor, multiple colleges and universities