Faculty

These writers of color, our faculty, have helped change the landscape of American literature in their writing and their teaching.

Chris Abani, Elmaz Abinader, Faith Adiele, Gina Apostol, Samiya Bashir, Emily Bernard, Valerie Boyd, Adrian Castro, Staceyann Chin, Jaquira Díaz, Chitra Divakaruni, Tananarive Due, Kim Euell, Jamie Figueroa, Ruth Forman, M. Evelina Galang, Reyna Grande, Jessica Hagedorn, Minal Hajratwala, Suheir Hammad, Mat Johnson, Tayari Jones, Nicole Shawan Junior, Randall Kenan, Victor LaValle, Kiese Laymon, Christine Hyung-Oak Lee, Marjorie Liu, Cherrie Moraga, Walter Mosley, David Mura, John Murillo, Zahra Noorbakhsh, Beth Nguyen, Cynthia Dewi Oka, Daniel José Older, Oliver De La Paz, Willie Perdomo, Andrew X. Pham, Paisley Rekdal, Lisa Marie Rollins, Maurice Carlos Ruffin, Craig Santos Perez, Tim Seibles, Danzy Senna, Patricia Smith, Natalia Sylvester, Quincy Troupe, Colson Whitehead, Damon Young, and more!