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Laura Misco

Laura MiscoMarquette University

Marquette Hall, 228

MilwaukeeWI53201United States of America(414) 288-1974laura.misco@marquette.edu

Teaching Assistant Professor

English

I have taught extensively at the university level in the areas of creative and rhetorical writing, film studies, and digital storytelling. As a teacher and a writer, the stuff of novels, shorts, essays, poems, and films, as well as the narratives we tell about our experiences, challenges, and dreams – all of this means the world to me. I center my teaching on conveying the power of stories, as agents of truth, disruption, beauty, empathy, connection, and love. I am passionate about working with students as they strive to form their own stories and currate their singular voices, no matter the mode of writing.

Education

MFA, University of North Carolina - Wilmington
BA, University of Wisconsin - Madison

Publications

“Exorcising Mike.” Midwestern Gothic. Issue 22, Summer 2016.
“This Gold Time.” Southwest Review. Vol. 98, No. 1. 2013.

Honors and Awards

Faculty Development Award, Cardinal Stritch University, 2023, 2016, 2015
Teaching Excellence and Campus Leadership Award, Cardinal Stritch University, 2015
Quiet Giants Award, Cardinal Stritch University, 2013
Janet Elizabeth Aquino Award of Excellence in Creative Writing, UNCW, 2002
Robert H. Byington Fellowship in Creative Writing, UNCW, 2002
Associated Writing Programs Intro Award Nominee, UNCW 2000, 2001