Writing Program

Faculty Distinction 2021/22


Margo Jefferson

Professor of Professional Practice in Writing in the Faculty of the Arts

Windham-Campell Prize for Nonfiction


Margo Jefferson

Professor of Professional Practice in Writing in the Faculty of the Arts

Windham-Campell Prize for Nonfiction


Margo Jefferson
Professor of Professional Practice in Writing in the Faculty of the Arts

Windham-Campell Prize for Nonfiction


Margo Jefferson

Professor of Professional Practice in Writing

Windham-Campbell Prize for Nonfiction


Margo Jefferson

Professor of Professional Practice in Writing

Windham-Campbell Prize for Nonfiction


Margo Jefferson
Professor of Professional Practice in Writing

Windham-Campbell Prize for Nonfiction


Dorothea Lasky

Associate Professor of Writing in the Faculty of the Arts

Lenfest Distinguished Faculty Award


Dorothea Lasky

Associate Professor of Writing in the Faculty of the Arts

Lenfest Distinguished Faculty Award


Dorothea Lasky
Associate Professor of Writing in the Faculty of the Arts

Lenfest Distinguished Faculty Award


Phillip Lopate

Professor of Professional Practice in Writing in the Faculty of the Arts

Christopher Lightfoot Walker, The Academy of Arts and Letters

H.O. White Memorial Lecture, Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland


Phillip Lopate

Professor of Professional Practice in Writing in the Faculty of the Arts

Christopher Lightfoot Walker, The Academy of Arts and Letters

H.O. White Memorial Lecture, Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland


Phillip Lopate
Professor of Professional Practice in Writing in the Faculty of the Arts

Christopher Lightfoot Walker, The Academy of Arts and Letters

H.O. White Memorial Lecture, Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland


Deborah Paredez

Associate Professor of Professional Practice in Writing in the Faculty of the Arts

Texas Writers’ League Best Poetry Book Award for Year of the Dog


Deborah Paredez

Associate Professor of Professional Practice in Writing in the Faculty of the Arts

Texas Writers’ League Best Poetry Book Award for Year of the Dog


Deborah Paredez
Associate Professor of Professional Practice in Writing in the Faculty of the Arts

Texas Writers’ League Best Poetry Book Award for Year of the Dog


Wendy Walters

Associate Professor of Writing in the Faculty of the Arts

Notable Essay, Best American Essays in The Yale Review

Visiting CNF Writer at Vermont College for Fine Arts


Wendy Walters

Associate Professor of Writing in the Faculty of the Arts

Notable Essay, Best American Essays in The Yale Review

Visiting CNF Writer at Vermont College for Fine Arts


Wendy Walters
Associate Professor of Writing in the Faculty of the Arts

Notable Essay, Best American Essays in The Yale Review

Visiting CNF Writer at Vermont College for Fine Arts

The Faculty Distinction awards are compiled annually by the offices of the Executive Vice President for Arts and Sciences in coordination with the Arts and Sciences Departments. The information displayed is archival in nature and reflects distinctions of the previous academic year - 2020 is a collection of awards an honors from the 2019-2020 academic year.

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