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Amanda Bales
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Iryce Baron
Senior Instructor
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Josh Canipe
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John Claborn
Senior Lecturer
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Mary Rose Cottingham
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Curtis Dickerson
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John Dudek
Associate Director of Creative Writing
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Kay Emmert
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Patrick Fadely
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Ryan Flanagan
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Shawn Gilmore
Director of Specialized Faculty
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Elizabeth Giorgi
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Joe Grohens
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Pallabi Gupta
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Gail Hapke
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Liz Harms
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Mary Hays
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William Hechler
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Marilyn Holguin
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Barry Hudek
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Michael Hurley
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Audrey Johnson
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Dana Kinzy
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Mary Lindsey
Senior Instructor
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John MacLean
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Lee McGuire
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Zachariah McVicker
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Andrew Moss
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Kate Newton
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Dani Nyikos
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Julie Price
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Daniel Roche
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Stephen Runkle
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Matt Schering
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Jordan Sellers
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Hilary Selznick
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Michael Shetina (he/him/his)
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Sydney Slobodnik
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Michael VanCalbergh
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Corina Villanueva
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Rebecca Weber
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