Creative Writing Faculty

Director

Faculty and visiting faculty in recent years have included Yelena Akhtiorskaya, Alaa Al Aswany, Hilton Als, Simon Armitage, Catherine Barnett, Alexander Chee, Marilyn Chin, Susan Choi, Michael Dickman, Nicole Dennis-Benn, Alex Dimitrov, Timothy Donnelly, Mark Doten, Jeffrey Eugenides, James Fenton, Boris Fishman, Garth Greenwell, Morgan Jerkins, Tyehimba Jess, Daphne Kalotay, Steven Katz, David Kelley, Phil Klay, Lawrence Konner, Larissa Kyzer, Jhumpa Lahiri, Nick Laird, Christina Lazaridi, Chang-rae Lee, Ben Lerner, Fiona Maazel, Megha Majumdar, Sarah Manguso, Patrick McGrath, Jenny McPhee, Maaza Mengiste, Neel Mukherjee, Sigrid Nunez, Geoffrey Nutter, Julie Orringer, Rowan Ricardo Phillips, Claudia Rankine, Nicole Sealey, Laurie Sheck, Tracy K. Smith, Nomi Stone, Susanna Styron, Craig Morgan Teicher, Kirstin Valdez Quade, Claire Vaye Watkins, Colson Whitehead, Jenny Xie, Monica Youn, and Kevin Young.

People

Creative Writing Faculty

Director

Director and Professor of Creative Writing

Faculty

Associate Professor of Creative Writing (on leave Spring 2026)

Lecturer in Creative Writing

Professor of Creative Writing

Professor of the Practice, Creative Writing

Assistant Professor of Creative Writing; 2022-23 Hodder Fellow

Lecturer in Creative Writing

Robert F. Goheen Professor in the Humanities; Professor of Creative Writing

Lecturer in Creative Writing

Lecturer in Creative Writing

Lecturer in Creative Writing

Lecturer in Creative Writing

Lecturer in Creative Writing

Lecturer with the Rank of Professor; Roger S. Berlind ’52 Professor in the Humanities, Emeritus; Professor of Creative Writing, Emeritus

Lecturer in Creative Writing

Lecturer in Creative Writing

Associate Professor of Creative Writing (on leave 2025-26)

Professor of Creative Writing

Lecturer in Creative Writing

Professor of the Practice

Emeritus Faculty

Howard G.B. Clark '21 University Professor in the Humanities, Emeritus; Professor of Creative Writing, Emeritus

Professor of Creative Writing, Emeritus

PROFESSOR OF CREATIVE WRITING, EMERITUS

Fellows

2024-26 Princeton Arts Fellow

In Memoriam

(1940 - 2025)

Past Faculty