Contact Information
608 S Wright Street
Urbana, IL 61801
315B
Office Hours
Biography
Katherine Gaffney completed her MFA at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Her work has previously appeared in jubilat, Harpur Palate, Mississippi Review, Meridian, and elsewhere. She has attended the Tin House Summer Writing Workshop, the SAFTA Residency, and the Sewanee Writers Conference as a scholar. Her first chapbook, Once Read as Ruin, was published at Finishing Line Press. Her first full-length collection, Fool in a Blue House, won the 2022 Tampa Review Prize for Poetry. Her passion is teaching first year writing, professional/technical writing, and creative writing.
Research Interests
Creative Writing, Poetry, Nonfiction, Disability Studies, Romanticism
Courses Taught
University of Illinois
RHET 101 Principles of Writing
RHET 105 Writing & Research
CW106 Introductory Poetry Writing
CW203 Advanced Topics in Creative Writing
University of Southern Mississippi
ENG101 Composition 1
EMG102 Composition 2
ENG333 Technical Writing
Independent Classes & Workshops
Resume & Cover Letter Workshop
Business Communications Workshop
Compression in Nonfiction
Get Lit! Literary Festival Docupoetics Workshop
Belle Pointe Press's Workshop Series, "Memorization, Grief, & Intergenerational Trauma"