PROFESSI ONAl
WRITING
University of Missouri-Kansas City
An Interdisciplinary Master of Arts
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PROGRAM
Graduates of our 33-credit hour program are awarded a
Master ofArts in English, with a professional- writing
emphasis in one of three areas of concentration:
• Fiction and Poetry
• Stage- and Screenwriting
• Print and Electronic
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Our unique curriculum allows each student to design and
pursue a personal prog-ram of study using the resources of a
campus and commumty support system unequaled in this
part of the country.
Resident Faculty:
Ralph Berets - Screenwriting
Gregory D. Black - Communications and Film
Michelle Boisseau - Poetry, Fiction
G.S. Sharat Chandra - Fiction, Poetry
Angela Elam - Broadcast Journalism
Charles Hammer - Fiction, Journalism
Felicia Londre - Playwriting
James McKinley - Fiction, Journalism
Robert Stewart - Poetry, Journalism
Robert Unger - Print Jounalism
Recent Visiting Writers and Writers in Residence:
Martin Amis, Mary Catherine Bateson, Thomas Berger, Gwendolyn Brooks,
Janet Burrroway, Gerald Early, Paul Fussell, Tess Gallagher, Allen Ginsberg,
Molly Ivins, Barry Lopez, David McCullough, Walter McDonald, Terrence
McNally, Grace Paley, Harry Mark Pertakis, Kathrin Perutz, Chaim Potok,
Richard Rhodes, William Jay Smith, Miller Williams, Al Young.
for more information, please contact:James McKinley, Director
UMKC Professional Writing Program, 5101 Rockhill Road,
Kansas City, MO
6411~2499
Phone:
(816)
235-1120
Fax:
(816)235-2611
email:
- Financial Aid Available-
