International faculty

Our international faculty members are established and well-published writers who have significant connections to Asia. They are also highly qualified as teachers of creative writing, and all have an MFA or the equivalent degree from leading centres for creative writing. You can follow our website links to individual pages for each faculty member to see their backgrounds, their teaching philosophy, and samples of their work. We encourage applicants to learn as much as they can about our faculty. All students in this programme will have the opportunity to work with four different faculty mentors on a one-on-one basis, as well as to interact with other faculty members through workshops, classes, readings, lectures and informal exchanges during residencies.

 Writer-in-Residence and MFA Programme Leader
   
Xu Xi
(Fiction/Creative Non-Fiction)
   
 Academic faculty
   
Rodney Jones    
 Academic faculty
Sybil Baker
(Fiction)
Tina Chang
(Poetry)
Marilyn Chin
(Fiction/Poetry)
Evan Fallenberg
(Fiction)
Luis Francia
(Creative Non-Fiction/Poetry)
Robin Hemley
(Fiction/Creative Non-Fiction)
Justin Hill
(Fiction/Creative Non-Fiction)
Tabish Khair
(Fiction/Creative Non-Fiction/Poetry)
Sharmistha Mohanty
(Fiction)
Suzanne Paola
(Fiction/Creative Non-Fiction)
Jess Row
(Fiction)
James Scudamore
(Fiction)
 
Ravi Shankar
(Creative Non-Fiction/Poetry)
Madeleine Thien
(Fiction)
 
 New faculty

Butch Dalisay - Fiction/Creative Non-Fiction
Nami Mun - Fiction
Ira Sukrungruang - Creative Non-Fiction

From time to time, we also invite well-known, accomplished writers in all genres as visiting faculty from around the world to teach workshops or classes at residencies. We believe it is in our students' interest to be exposed to the widest range of literary aesthetics and teaching styles which such visitors can bring.