VCFA Faculty

Meet and learn more about the faculty at the center of VCFA’s six MFA programs.

My hope as a faculty member is that somebody who graduates from the program will be able to carry on as artists and writers the rest of their lives ... this just the beginning.
Harrison Candelaria Fletcher | Faculty, MFA in Writing
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Anica Mrose Rissi
Faculty, MFA in WCYA
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Richard Jackson
Faculty, MFA in Writing [poetry]
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Adam McOmber
Faculty Co-chair, MFA in Writing [fiction/hybrid forms]; Editor in Chief, Hunger Mountain Review
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Linda Urban
Faculty Chair, MFA in WCYA
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Samuel Kọ́láwọlé
Faculty, MFA in Writing [fiction]
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Natasha Sajé
Faculty, MFA in Writing [poetry/CNF]

Meet The Faculty

Steeped in the mentorship model, VCFA students from across programs work one-on-one with our esteemed faculty advisors every semester. Our faculty are working professionals in their field, business owners and entrepreneurs, Guggenheim fellows, Printz Award recipients, National Book Award finalists, and passionate educators ready to engage in meaningful artistic exchange with their mentees.

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Every single faculty member pushed me leaps and bounds in my intellect and my ability to think at a high level about what I was doing with my work.

Sarah C.B. Guthrie | VA '10

Faculty News + Stories

VCFA’s faculty are working artists active in their field. Read our news items and stories about recent faculty publications, films, performances, music, exhibitions, lectures, awards, honors, and more.

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FACULTY STORY: Rick Baitz

Composer Rick Baitz is a founding faculty member of the VCFA MFA in Music Composition Program. Established in 2011, the VCFA MFA in Music Composition...
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FACULTY STORY: Louise Hawes

In the summer of 2024, VCFA interviewed Louise Hawes, author, educator, and founding faculty member of the VCFA Writing for Children & Adults program. Hawes...
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FACULTY NEWS: Damon Davis Recognized by CBS for Social Justice Work

Damon Davis (F ’20) is an award-winning, post-disciplinary artist based in St. Louis, Missouri, and a 2020 VCFA MFA in Film alumnx and current Film...
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FACULTY STORY: Sue William Silverman

MFA in Writing faculty Sue William Silverman talks about her unique approach to graduate education and her recently published novel Acetylene Torch Songs.
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FACULTY STORY: Ravi Krishnaswami

VCFA interviewed MFA in Music Composition faculty member Ravi Krishnaswami about his career scoring for everything from Super Bowl ads to best-selling video games for...
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Featured artwork by Lisa Williams (GD ’16) and Jodi Atkins (GD ’17)