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Administration
Mary Biddinger
Program Director
Poetry & Flash Fiction
The University of Akron
David Todd
Program Coordinator
Playwriting
Cleveland State University
Core Faculty
Mike Geither
Playwriting
Campus Coordinator
Cleveland State University
David Giffels
Creative Nonfiction
Campus Coordinator
The University of Akron
Caryl Pagel
Poetry & Creative Nonfiction
Cleveland State University
Hilary Plum
Fiction & Creative Nonfiction
Cleveland State University
Imad Rahman
Fiction
Cleveland State University
Anthony Tognazzini
Fiction
Kent State University
Catherine Wing
Poetry
Campus Coordinator
Kent State University
Recent Guest Faculty
Mike Oatman
Playwriting
Kent State University
Xan Forest Phillips
Poetry
Cleveland State University
Joseph Earl Thomas
Creative Nonfiction
Cleveland State University
Laura Maylene Walter
Fiction
Kent State University
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