Faculty, Popular Fiction Writing & Publishing MFA, Emerson College

Meet Emerson College’s distinguished faculty and graduate program director in the School of Arts & Interdisciplinary Studies’ online Popular Fiction Writing and Publishing graduate program.

Popular Fiction Writing and Publishing Graduate Program Director

Katie Williams

Pronouns: (She/Her/Hers)

Associate Professor and Graduate Program Director
Address
katie_williams@emerson.edu Telephone 617-824-8750

Department Writing, Literature & Publishing
Katie Williams is the author of the novels My Murder (Riverhead/Penguin 2023) and Tell the Machine Goodnight (Riverhead/Penguin 2018) and the young adult novels Absent and The Space Between Trees. Her short fiction has appeared in The Atlantic, Best American Fantasy, American Short Fiction, Prairie Schooner, Subtropics, and elsewhere. Williams's fiction has been translated into eleven languages and has been listed as a New York Times Editors' Choice, NPR Best Books of the Year, Kirkus Prize for Literary Fiction, National Magazine Award for Short Fiction, and Dublin International Prize for Literary Fiction. Her most recent novel, My Murder, is a national bestseller.

Our Popular Fiction Writing and Publishing Graduate Faculty

Creative Writing Faculty

Margot Douaihy

Pronouns: (She/Her/Hers)

Assistant Professor
Address
margot_douaihy@emerson.edu Telephone 617-824-8750

Department Writing, Literature & Publishing
Edwin Hill

Pronouns: (He/Him/His)

Affiliated Faculty
Address
edwin_hill@emerson.edu Telephone 617-824-8750

Department Writing, Literature & Publishing
Erin Jones

Senior Affiliated Faculty
Address
erin_jones@emerson.edu Telephone 617-824-8750

Department Writing, Literature & Publishing
Kirsten Imani Kasai

Pronouns: (She/Her/Hers)

Assistant Professor
Address
kirstenimani_kasai@emerson.edu Telephone 617-824-8750

Department Writing, Literature & Publishing
Kimberly McLarin

Pronouns: (She/Her/Hers)

Professor
kimberly_mclarin@emerson.edu Telephone 617-824-8750

Department Graduate & Professional Studies

Department Writing, Literature & Publishing
Jon Papernick

Assistant Professor
Address
jon_papernick@emerson.edu Telephone 617-824-8750

Department Writing, Literature & Publishing
Jennifer Safrey

Pronouns: (She/Her/Hers)

Affiliated Faculty
Address
jennifer_safrey@emerson.edu Telephone 617-824-8750

Department Writing, Literature & Publishing
Julia Thomas

Pronouns: (She/Her/Hers)

Affiliated Faculty
Address
julia_thomas@emerson.edu Telephone 617-824-8750

Department Writing, Literature & Publishing
Jessica Treadway

Senior Distinguished Writer-in-Residence
Address
Jessica_Treadway@emerson.edu Telephone 617-824-8750

Department Writing, Literature & Publishing

Literature Faculty

Roy Kamada

Pronouns: (He/Him/His)

Associate Professor
Address
roy_kamada@emerson.edu Telephone 617-824-8750

Department Writing, Literature & Publishing
Mary Kovaleski

Sr. Lecturer II - On Leave
Address
mary_kovaleski@emerson.edu Telephone 617-824-8750

Department Writing, Literature & Publishing
Adele Lee

Pronouns: (She/Her/Hers)

Associate Professor
Address
adele_lee@emerson.edu Telephone 617-824-8750

Department Writing, Literature & Publishing
Peter Medeiros

Senior Affiliated Faculty
Address
peter_medeiros@emerson.edu Telephone 617-824-8750

Department Writing, Literature & Publishing
William Orem

Senior Writer-in-Residence - On Leave
Address
william_orem@emerson.edu Telephone 617-824-8750

Department Writing, Literature & Publishing

Publishing Faculty

Lisa Diercks

Pronouns: (She/Her/Hers)

Professor and Chair
Address
lisa_diercks@emerson.edu Telephone 617-824-8750

Department Writing, Literature & Publishing
Raquel Pidal

Pronouns: (She/They)

Assistant Professor
Address
raquel_pidal@emerson.edu Telephone 617-824-8750

Department Writing, Literature & Publishing
John Rodzvilla

Pronouns: (He/Him/His)

Associate Professor
Address
john_rodzvilla@emerson.edu Telephone 617-824-8750

Department Writing, Literature & Publishing