Program Faculty
Faculty & Program Directors
Below is a list of faculty at Goddard College. To filter this list by program, check the appropriate box.
BFA in Creative Writing
Faculty in Plainfield, VT
Wendy Call
Though both of my parents were teachers, I never imagined that I would become one. After studying biology as an undergraduate, I devoted the decade of the ‘90s to grassroots organizing for social and...
BA in Individualized Studies, BFA in Creative Writing
Faculty in Plainfield, VT
Jocelyn Cullity, PhD, MA
I’ve lived in Australia, Canada, China, Ecuador, England, India, and the United States. The communities in all of these places have taught and shaped me. I started writing fiction in the early ninetie...
BA in Individualized Studies, BFA in Creative Writing
Faculty in Plainfield, VT
Laurie Foos
One of the things I find most exciting about teaching—and about writing—is the process of discovery. As a writer, I believe deeply in connecting with the unconscious mind in the drafting process, in g...
BA in Individualized Studies, BFA in Creative Writing
Faculty in Plainfield, VT
Jill Magi, MFA, MA
I am a writer and visual artist based in Chicago. I work in poetry, prose, essay, and fiction, and my books usually include images. I got my start as a writer in New York City, and the dedication of t...
BA in Individualized Studies, BFA in Creative Writing
Faculty in Plainfield, VT
Sara Michas-Martin, MFA
Writing is an act of sustained attention to the things that define what it means to be human. To that end, writing reminds me my feet are in contact with the ground and that my brain is constantly inv...
BFA in Creative Writing, MFA in Creative Writing
Faculty in Plainfield, VT, Port Townsend, WA
Victoria Nelson, MA
Teaching writing at the MFA level for me is an empathic act that amounts to entering my students’ imaginations as companion and mentor on their writing journey. My task is to see the project through t...
BFA in Creative Writing
Program Director in Plainfield, VT
Janet Sylvester, PhD, MFA
Like a number of women writers, I haven’t followed a conventional academic path. For ten years, I worked in New York at AMS Press while I completed my BA and MFA Degrees at Goddard. Afterwards, I sp...