Contact Information
English Building
Room 332A
Room 332A
Office Hours
Spring 2025: W 10:00 am-1:00 pm
Research Areas
Lecturer
Biography
Zach Simon is lecturer at the University of Illinois: Urbana-Champaign where he graduated with his MFA in poetry. He serves as an editorial assistant for Poetry Northwest and received the 2022 AWP Intro Journals Award for his poem “Homestead.” His recent work has appeared in Poetry Northwest, Hayden’s Ferry Review and elsewhere.
Education
MFA in Creative Writing-Poetry, University of Illinois: Urbana-Champaign, 2024
BA, Lewis & Clark College, 2017
Awards and Honors
Rhetoric Program Award for Teaching Excellence, 2024
Department of English Undergraduate Teaching Award, 2023
Courses Taught
RHET 105: Writing and Research
CW 106: Introduction to Poetry
CW 200: Reading for Writers