Sally A Shivnan

Professor · Non-Tenure Track

Department of English

College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences

About

Sally Shivnan teaches writing for the English Department, and is the author of the short story collection Piranhas & Quicksand & Love, published in 2016. Her work has appeared in The Georgia Review, Antioch Review, Glimmer Train, Best American Travel Writing, and other journals and anthologies.

Research interests

Effective practices in instructor-provided feedback on student writing.

Teaching interests

Creative writing (fiction and essays); composition.

Education

  • MFA, Creative Writing: FictionGeorge Mason University (1999)
    Dreaming Camellia
  • BA, EnglishUMBC (1995)