Faculty & Staff

Bill Gaston, B.A., M.A., M.F.A. (UBC)
Department Chair, fiction, creative nonfiction, drama for stage and screen.

Maureen Bradley, B.A., M.A. (Concordia), M.F.A. (UBC)
Graduate Advisor, film production, experimental film, drama, documentary, Canadian and queer media arts.

Lorna Crozier, B.A. (Saskatchewan), M.A. (Alberta)
Poetry, essays, memoir. Art and the environment.

Lee Henderson, B.F.A., M.F.A. (UBC)
Fiction, creative nonfiction, the graphic novel.

Lorna Jackson, B.A., M.A. (UVic)
Fiction, short story, literature of sport, personal essay, writer as teacher, the agrarian landscape.

David Leach, B.A. (UVic), M.A. (Queen's)
Creative nonfiction, literary journalism, travel writing, magazine publishing.

Tim Lilburn, B.A. (Regina), M.A. (Gonzaga), Ph.D. (McMaster)
Poetry, the philosophical essay, the ecological essay.

Joan MacLeod, B.A. (UVic), M.A. (UBC)
Stage drama, dramatic monologue, television drama, and contemporary Canadian theatre.

Lynne Van Luven, B.A. (Saskatchewan), M.A., Ph.D. (Alberta)
Associate Dean, creative nonfiction, memoir, print journalism, editing & anthologies, arts commentary, social change.

Peter Boychuk, B.F.A. (Concordia), M.F.A. (UVic)
Playwrighting, directing.

Patrick Friesen, B.A. (Manitoba)
Drama.

Christin Geall, B.A. (UVic), M.F.A. (Southern Maine)
Creative nonfiction, personal essay, memoir.

Michael Giampa
Screenwriting.

Terry Glavin
Creative nonfiction, journalism.

John Gould, B.A. (Waterloo)
Fiction.

Cliff Haman
Photography, experimental video, fermentation.

Carla Hesketh/Funk, B.A., M.A. (UVic)
Poetry.

Sean Holman, B.A. (UVic)
Director of Professional Writing, investigative journalism.

Matthew Hooton, B.A. (UVic), M.A. (Bath Spa)
Fiction, creative nonfiction.

Stephen Hume, B.A. (UVic), Banff School of Advanced Management
Creative nonfiction, journalism.

Brian Paisley, B.Ed. (UBC)
Screenwriting.

Karen Lee Pickett, B.F.A., M.F.A. (UVic)
Drama.

Steven Price, B.A. (UVic), M.F.A. (Virginia)
Poetry.

Denise Rudnicki, M.J. (Carleton)
Journalism, government communications.

Melanie Siebert, B.F.A., M.F.A. (UVic)
Creative nonfiction, poetry.

Madeline Sonik, B.A., M.A. (Western), M.F.A., Ph.D. (UBC)
Fiction, memoir, poetry, journalism, academic writing, anthologies, creativity and creative writing education, writing as healing.

Sally Stubbs, B.A., B.Ed., M.A, M.F.A. (UVic)
Stage Drama, performance, direction, and instruction.

Charles Tidler, B.A. (Purdue)
Drama.

Rob Wipond, B.A. (Trent)
Journalism, creative nonfiction, commentary, satire, theatre.

Les Wiseman, B.A. (UBC)
Creative nonfiction, pop culture, magazine writing and publishing, literary journalism, memoir.

Daniel Hogg, B.F.A. (UVic)
Film production, screenwriting, cinematography, digital media.

Valerie Tenning
Department Secretary

Scott Amos, B.F.A. (UVic)
Screen, experimental film.

Michael Armstrong, B.A. (UNBC), P.D.P. (Simon Fraser)
Drama, poetry.

Frances Backhouse, B.Sc. (Alberta)
Creative nonfiction.

David Burtt, B.A. (Laurentian), B.Ed. (Nipissing), M.A. (Carleton)
Fiction, short story, creative nonfiction.

Portia Carryer, B.A. (Stanford), M.Sc. (Illinois Urbana-Champaign)
Poetry.

David Geiss, B.F.A. (Regina)
Documentary, animation, experimental, queer, film & video.

Ryan Harper-Brown, B.A. (Concordia), M.A. (Bond)
Comedy for television, web, and radio.

Jason Jobin, B.A. (UVic)
Fiction, creative nonfiction, song writing.

Judy LeBlanc, B.A. (UVic)
Fiction.

Arleen Paré, B.F.A. (UVic), M.A. (UBC), M.S.W. (McGill)
Poetry.

Kyeren Regehr, B.F.A. (UVic)
Poetry, fiction.