Ceil Malek, M.A., M.F.A.

Education
B.A., English, Colorado State University M.A., Journalism, University of Colorado at Boulder 
M.F.A., Creative Nonfiction, Goucher College, Baltimore, MD

Research Interests
Memoir Lyric and segmented essays Creative nonfiction Creative writing pedagogy
Activities and Development
Writer's Residency at Wurlitzer Foundation, Taos, NM, June 19-August 19, 2006

Courses Taught at UCCS
ENGL 131 Rhetoric and Writing I: Academic Reading and Analytical Writing 
ENGL 141 Rhetoric and Writing II: Argument and Research
ENGL 204 Introduction to Creative Nonfiction Prose
ENGL 301 Advanced Composition
ENGL 304 Intermediate Creative Nonfiction 
Introduction to Creative Writing--Multi-genre
Special Topics in Creative Writing

Awards
Outstanding Instructor Award, LAS, Spring 2006

Publications
Honorable Mention, Best Essay/Memoir in Fourth Genre Editor's Choice Awards
2004 Salon Magazine Mothers Who Think AWP Pedagogy Papers 
Sixteen Voices: Poetry Anthology Comp Tales

Presentations
Association of Writers and Writing Programs, Presentation on Lyric Essay, 2006 Assembly for Expanded Perspectives on Learning
NCTE, Presentation on Creative Nonfiction, 2003

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