Mark Forrester

Mark Forrester is a Principal Lecturer in the Professional Writing Program. He has taught literature and composition courses at the University of Maryland since 1994 and has been with the Professional Writing Program since 2004, serving as an Administrative Fellow for the program from 2011 to 2018. Mark was selected as a recipient of the Philip Merrill Presidential Scholars Faculty Mentor Award in 2014 and again in 2020. He also received an English Department Professional Track Faculty Teaching Excellence Award in 2021 and a Writing Programs Award for Social Justice and Antiracist Teaching and Tutoring in 2024. Mark has published two haiku chapbooks: The World Disappears (Buddha Baby Press, 2021) and Dreamer’s Moon (Buddha Baby Press, 2024). In addition to appearing in numerous journals, Mark’s haiku and related writings have been published in an assortment of anthologies.