Michael Hurley is from Pittsburgh. His work has appeared in or is forthcoming from The American Poetry Review, The Cincinnati Review, Bennington Review, Sycamore Review, New Delta Review, Five Points, Massachusetts Review, Spillway, Sugar House Review, jubilat, Guernica, Copper Nickel, Mid-American Review, Prairie Schooner, Alaska Quarterly Review, North American Review, FIELD, Crab Orchard Review, Blackbird, Lake Effect, Washington Square Review, Five Points, and elsewhere. His chapbook, Wooden Boys, is available from Seven Kitchens Press.

EDUCATION 

MFA, Creative Writing (Poetry), August 2017
Graduate Minor in Art History
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, IL

BA, Creative Writing (Poetry), English Literature, Anthropology, April 2008
University of Pittsburgh, PA

Courses Taught:
Rhetoric 101: Principles of Writing
Rhetoric 102: Principles of Research
Rhetoric 105: Writing and Research
Rhetoric 105: Writing and Research, Unit One Section
Rhetoric 233: Advanced Rhetoric and Composition
Creative Writing 100: Introduction to Creative Writing
Creative Writing 106: Introductory Poetry Writing
Creative Writing 243: Intermediate Expository Writing
Creative Writing 243: The Craft Essay
Creative Writing 455: Independent Study in Poetry
Creative Writing 455: Independent Study in Fiction
Creative Writing 460: Introduction to Literary Editing
Creative Writing 463: Special Blended Workshop at Danville Correctional Center
Creative Writing 560: Literary Publishing and Promotion
English 199: Publishing and Editing
Business and Technical Writing 250: Principles of Business Communications
Business and Technical Writing 250: Principles of Business Communications, Online Section

TEACHING HONORS & DISTINCTIONS

List of Teachers Ranked as Excellent by their Students Fall 2014, Spring 2015, Fall 2015, Spring 2016, Fall 2016, Spring 2017, Fall 2017, Spring 2018, Summer 2018, Fall 2018, Spring 2019, Fall 2019, Spring 2020, Fall 2020, Spring 2021, Fall 2021, Spring 2022, Summer 2022, Fall 2022, Spring 2023, Fall 2023

Campus Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching in the instructional staff category, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, February 2023

LAS Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching in the instructional staff category, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, February 2023

Nomination for English Department Undergraduate Teaching Award, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, September 2022

Rhetoric Program Award for Excellence in Writing Instruction 2019-2020 in the Specialized Faculty category, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

English Department Undergraduate Teaching Award, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, December 2017

Graduate Teacher Certificate awarded by the Center for Innovation in Teaching and Learning, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, May 2017

Dr. Sandra J. Finley Teacher Scholar Certificate awarded by the Center for Innovation in Teaching and Learning, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, May 2017

Student Nomination for Departmental Teaching Award, 2015-2016 Cycle, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Rhetoric Program Award for Excellence in Writing Instruction 2015-2016 in the Graduate Assistant category, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

EDITORIAL EXPERIENCE

Ninth Letter, Assister Editor, July 2023-Present
Ninth Letter, Web Editor, Aug. 2017-Present
Ninth Letter, Interim Co-Managing Editor, Sept. 2022-July 2023
Ninth Letter, Assistant Managing Editor, August 2016-May 2017
Ninth Letter, Assistant Nonfiction Editor August 2016-May 2017
Ninth Letter, Assistant Poetry Editor, January 2016-May 2016
Ninth Letter, Editorial Assistant for Creative Nonfiction, August 2014-May 2017
Ninth Letter, Editorial Assistant for Poetry, August 2014-May 2017