Featured Alumni

Read about the accomplishments of our talented alumni.

Spotlight on Alumni

Joelle Biele
PhD, 1998
Writer, Mother, Scholar

Since getting her PhD in 1998, Joelle Biele has split her time between writing and family.  She’s written essays, fiction, and one play.  She has a new collection of letters, entitled Elizabeth Bishop and the New Yorker.
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Michael Lukas
MFA, 2006
Novelist

After graduating from the MFA program in 2006, writing dozens of short stories, and receiving numerous grants, Lukas has recently published his first novel, The Oracle of Stamboul.
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Mick Coogan
BA, 2000
Rock Star, LA Transplant

Mick Coogan's band The Dance Party was offered a record contract this year. After eight years as an English teacher at an area high school Mick packed up and moved to Los Angeles, but that doesn't mean he left literature behind.
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Amanda Nachman
BA, 2007
Publisher, College Magazine

What happens when an aspiring entrepreneur, with English BA in hand, sets her sights on publishing a magazine for college students?
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Ellyn Bache
MA, 1967
Novelist, South Carolina

A love of literature doesn't always translate into a love of literary criticism and textual research. But for Ellyn Bache, coming to that realization opened up whole new opportunities.
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