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Susanna Childress has taught at Hope College since 2006, except for two years away as a Lilly Postdoctoral Fellow at Valparaiso University. Since 2014, she has been the advisor of Opus, the campus literary magazine, and in 2017, she became the director of the Jack Ridl Visiting Writers Series. She teaches writing of many kinds 亚洲色吧� fiction, poetry, creative nonfiction, mixed genres and composition 亚洲色吧� as well as courses exploring the intersection of faith and art and the role of art in our lives and our communities. 

areas of expertise

Dr. Childress is the author of two prize-winning collections of poetry and has also published several short stories and creative nonfiction essays. She specializes in literary writing across genres, specifically modern and contemporary poetry, the short story and linked story collections, lyric essays, podcast writing, mixed-genre work and nature/environmental writing. She has served as an editor for publications ranging from the literary journal 32 Poems to the Reformed Church of America亚洲色吧檚 magazine Perspectives. In 2017 she co-edited Awst Press亚洲色吧檚 Creative Nonfiction Anniversary Series.

Her research interests include women writers, the role of writing in social justice and activism, and contemporary Native American literature.

education 

• Ph.D., poetry and women亚洲色吧檚 writing, Florida State University, 2007
• M.A., poetry, University of Texas at Austin, 2003
• B.A., literature and writing (double major), Indiana Wesleyan University, 2001

honors, fellowship and awards 

• Trifecta Award, Iron Horse Literary Journal, 2019
• Mellon Scholars亚洲色吧� Excellence in Mentoring Award, 2017
• Nature in Words Fellowship Mentor, Pierce Cedar Creek Institute, 2015 (fiction) and 2016 (creative nonfiction)
• Inclusion in Best American Poetry, 2015
• Society of Midland Authors Award for Best Book of Poetry, 2012
• Lilly Postdoctoral Fellowship, 2008亚洲色吧�2010
• Poetry Contest Winner, Fugue & Grove City Review, 2008
• Kingsbury Fellowship & Deans Award (reading with Stephen King), Florida State University, 2007
• Brittingham Prize in Poetry, 2005

selected publications 

Essays and Short Stories

• 亚洲色吧淔our Before I Begin Again亚洲色吧� (essay), Iron Horse Literary Journal, 2019 
• 亚洲色吧淗ow to Name Dead Babies亚洲色吧� (essay), The Rumpus, 2019
• 亚洲色吧淎ge Appropriate亚洲色吧� (essay), Relief, 2018
• 亚洲色吧淣othing to Fear亚洲色吧� (short story), Ocean State Review, 2016
• 亚洲色吧淩etroactive Empathy亚洲色吧� (essay), Awst Press, 2015
• 亚洲色吧淟ooking Good亚洲色吧� (short story), Image, 2013

Poetry

• Entering the House of Awe, New Issues Press, Green Rose Series, 2011
• Jagged with Love, University of Wisconsin Press, 2005
• Poems published in Alaska Quarterly Review, Bellingham Review, Colorado Review, Columbia Poetry Review, Gulf Coast, Indiana Review, The Mississippi Review, Notre Dame Review, Southern Review

selected Presentations 

• 亚洲色吧淭each Me All the Things: New Approaches to Hybrid- and Multi-Genre Writing,亚洲色吧� panel organizer, Association of Writers & Writing Programs (AWP) conference, 2018
• 亚洲色吧淎biding in Mystery: Flannery O亚洲色吧機onnor亚洲色吧檚 Manners, the 亚洲色吧楢cid of God亚洲色吧檚 Grace,亚洲色吧� and the Case of the Uninvited Visitor,亚洲色吧� keynote address, Indiana Faith & Writing Conference, 2016
• 亚洲色吧淣ot Waving but Drowning: Navigating the Waters of Poetry Book Contests,亚洲色吧� Association of Writers and Writing Programs (AWP) conference, 2016
• 亚洲色吧淲here Your Life Still Matters: Richard Hugo亚洲色吧檚 The Triggering Town and the Creative Writing Classroom,亚洲色吧� panel organizer, Association of Writers and Writing Programs (AWP) conference, 2014
• 亚洲色吧淲riting & Researching to Make a Difference: How First Year Students Can (& Do)!亚洲色吧� Michigan Campus Compact: Service Learning & Civic Engagement Institute, 2012
• 亚洲色吧淐ontemporary Poetry亚洲色吧檚 Pursuit of Peace: Unacknowledged Legislators or Voices All A-Clutter?亚洲色吧� College English Association (CEA) conference, 2010

outside the college

In 2012, Susanna Childress and her husband, Josh Banner, released a full-length music album, The Necessary Dark, based on her writing; together they make up the band Ordinary Neighbors. Together they also parent two sons, a daughter and two Dachshund-Poodles.