Faculty & Staff

Meet the faculty and staff at the heart of VCFA.

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Tasheka Arceneaux-Sutton

Faculty, MFA in Graphic Design

Rick Baitz

Core Faculty, MFA in Music Composition

James Chae

Faculty Chair, MFA in Graphic Design

Trudy Chan

Residency Faculty, MFA in Music Composition

Sheela Chari

Faculty, MFA in WCYA

Marya Cohn

Faculty Chair, MFA in Film

Damon Davis

Faculty, MFA in Film

Don DiNicola

Core Faculty, MFA in Music Composition

Michael Early

Core Faculty, MFA in Music Composition

Eshrat Erfanian

Faculty Co-Chair, MFA in Visual Art

Tarfia Faizullah

Faculty, MFA in Writing [Poetry], Visiting Poet, Summer 2016

Harrison Candelaria Fletcher

Faculty, MFA in Writing [CNF]

Fernando A. Flores

Faculty, MFA in Writing [fiction]

Connie May Fowler

Faculty, MFA in Writing [fiction/CNF]; Director, Novel Retreat

Rob Frankenberry

Residency Faculty, MFA in Music Composition

Miciah Bay Gault

Faculty, MFA in Writing [fiction]; Novel Retreat

Evan Griffith

Faculty, MFA in WCYA

Chachi Hauser

Faculty, MFA in Writing [CNF]

Corey Ann Haydu

Faculty, MFA in WCYA

Veera Hiranandani

Faculty, MFA in WCYA

K.A. Holt

Faculty, MFA in WCYA

Lorena Howard-Sheridan

Faculty, MFA in Graphic Design

Annie J. Howell

Faculty, MFA in Film

Barbara Hurd

Faculty, MFA in Writing [CNF]

Natalia Ilyin

Faculty, MFA in Graphic Design

Richard Jackson

Faculty, MFA in Writing [poetry]

Andy Jaffe

Core Faculty, MFA in Music Composition

Carla Kihlstedt

Co-Chair, Core Faculty, MFA in Music Composition

Samuel Kọ́láwọlé

Faculty, MFA in Writing [fiction]

Ravi Krishnaswami

Faculty, MFA in Music Composition

Ellen Lesser

Faculty, MFA in Writing [fiction]; Director, Postgraduate Writers' Conference

Bret Lott

Faculty, MFA in Writing [fiction/CNF]

Ian Lynam

Faculty, MFA in Graphic Design

Robin MacArthur

Faculty, MFA in Writing [fiction]; Novel Retreat

Patrick Madden

Faculty, MFA in Writing [CNF/hybrid forms]

John Mallia

Core Faculty, MFA in Music Composition

Clint McCown

Faculty, MFA in Writing [fiction]

Anna-Marie McLemore

Faculty, MFA in WCYA

Adam McOmber

Faculty Co-chair, MFA in Writing [fiction/hybrid forms]; Editor in Chief, Hunger Mountain Review

Daphne McWilliams

Visiting Faculty, MFA in Film

Philip Metres

Faculty, MFA in Writing [poetry]

Lisa Mezzacappa

Core Faculty, MFA in Music Composition

Michael Minelli

Faculty, MFA in Visual Art

Matthew Monk

Faculty in Graphic Design

Silas Munro

Faculty, MFA in Graphic Design

An Na

Faculty, MFA in WCYA

Wanjikū Wa Ngūgī

Faculty, MFA in Writing [fiction]

Frank J. Oteri

Residency Faculty, MFA in Music Composition

David Peacock

Faculty, MFA in Graphic Design

Erica S. Perl

Faculty, MFA in WCYA

Matt Phelan

Faculty, MFA in WCYA

Mary Quattlebaum

Faculty, MFA in WCYA

Humberto Ramirez

Faculty, MFA in Visual Art

Anica Mrose Rissi

Faculty, MFA in WCYA

John Fitz Rogers

Core Faculty, MFA in Music Composition

Sereina Rothenberger

Faculty, MFA in Graphic Design

Sara Ryan

Faculty, MFA in WCYA

Natasha Sajé

Faculty, MFA in Writing [poetry/CNF]

Alex Sanchez

Faculty, MFA in WCYA

David Schatz

Faculty, MFA in Graphic Design

Betsy Sholl

Faculty, MFA in Writing [poetry]

Laura Shovan

Faculty, MFA in WCYA

Sue William Silverman

Faculty Co-chair, MFA in Writing [CNF/hybrid forms]; Postgraduate Writers' Conference

Hasanthika Sirisena

Faculty, MFA in Writing [fiction/CNF]

Ramón Tejada

Visiting Faculty, MFA in Graphic Design

Clifford Thompson

Faculty, MFA in Writing [CNF/ hybrid forms]; Postgraduate Writers' Conference

Leslie Ullman

Faculty, MFA in Writing [poetry]

Emilie Upczak

Visiting Faculty, MFA in Film

Linda Urban

Faculty Chair, MFA in WCYA

Anne West

Thesis Instructor, MFA in Graphic Design

Crystal Wilkinson

Faculty, Novel Retreat

Nance Van Winckel

Faculty, MFA in Writing [fiction/poetry]

David Wojahn

Faculty, MFA in Writing [poetry]; Postgraduate Writers' Conference

Roger Zahab

Faculty Co-Chair, MFA in Music Composition