2025 Facilitators
Maggie Taft, Co-Director of Fellowship Programming and Workshop Facilitator
Aaris Sherin (Professor of Graphic Design, St. John’s University), Co-Director of Fellowship Programming and Workshop Facilitator
Liat Berdugo (Associate Professor, University of San Francisco), Director of the Articles Group
Robin Landa (Distinguished Professor of Design, Michael Graves College at Kean University), Director of the Books Group
2025 Participants
Reviews Group
Venesa Alicea-Chuqui, Kean University
Matthew Flores, University of Tennessee-Knoxville
Andrew LeClair, Parsons School of Design
Ana Melendez, Adams State University
Grace Preston, Texas State University
Holly Strickland, Middle Tennessee State University
Articles Group
David Caterini, California Institute of the Arts
Noah Jodice, Independent
Tania Schlatter, Wheaton College (MA)
Books Group
Jessica Barness, Kent State University
Victoria Gerson, California State University-Dominguez Hills
Rick Heffner, George Mason University
Kimberly Mitchell, University of Tennessee-Knoxville
Shadrick A. Kuteh, Ohio State University
Program Overview
The Application Process
FAQS
Information about Past Fellowships - 2022, 2023, 2024
Schedule
Day 1
Wednesday, may 29, 2024
10:00am-11:00am Introductions + Icebreaker
11:00am-12:00pm Exercise: What, Why, and How We Write
Aaris Sherin
12:00pm-12:15pm Mini Break
12:15pm-1:30pm Presentation: Where Writing Meets
Publishing
Aaris Sherin
1:30pm-2:30pm Lunch Break
2:30pm-4:00pm Workshop: How to Think and Talk About
Writing
Maggie Taft
4:00pm-4:15pm Mini Break
4:15pm-6:00pm Workshop: How to Think and Talk About
Writing
Maggie Taft
Day 2
Thursday, may 30, 2024
10:00am-11:00am Presentation: Submitting a Book Proposal or
Manuscript
Louise Baird-Smith
11:00am-1:30pm Group Workshop Sessions
1:30pm-2:30pm Lunch Break
2:30pm-3:30pm Presentation: Writing for Journals
Maggie Taft
3:30pm-3:45pm Mini Break
3:45pm-6:00pm Group Workshop Sessions
Day 3
friday, may 31, 2024
10:00am-11:00am Presentation: Getting Published: The Writing
Life
Robin Landa
11:00am-1:00pm Group Workshop Sessions
1:00pm-2:00pm Lunch Break
2:00pm-3:00pm Presentation: Public and Academic
Scholarship
Liat Berdugo
3:00pm-4:00pm Group Workshop Sessions
4:00pm-5:00pm Wrap-Up Exercise and Discussion