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Brighde MullinsProfessor of the Practice of Writingdirector of Master of Professional Writing Program Contact Information E-mail: bmullins@college.usc.edu Phone: (213) 740-4718 Office: THH 355 LINKS Curriculum Vitae |
Biographical Sketch |
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| Brighde Mullins is the Director of the Master of Professional Writing Program. She has taught writing for 18 years at institutions such as Harvard University, where she was the Briggs-Copeland Lecturer in Dramatic Writing and the Director of the Creative Writing Program; Brown University, where she was a Visiting Associate Professor of Playwriting; and San Francisco State University, where she held a tenured position as Associate Professor of Playwriting. She has won significant awards for her writing, including a United States Artists Fellowship in Literature (2010), Pinter Review Gold Medal (2003), the Whiting Foundation Award for Playwriting (2001), the Will Glickman Award for Playwriting (2001), a Pushcart Prize nomination for her poetry (2003), and a National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship in Playwriting (1991). She has had over ten plays that have reached full production in New York, London, San Francisco, Los Angeles, and other venues. She holds and MFA in Playwriting from the Yale School of Drama and an MFA in Poetry from the Iowa Writers' Workshop. | |
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 M.F.A. Poetry, University of Iowa Writers Workshop, 5/1989
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M.F.A. Playwriting, Yale School of Drama, 5/1987
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B.A. English, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, 5/1984
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Academic Appointment, Affiliation, and Employment History |
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Tenure Track Appointments |
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Assistant Prof. of Creative Writing, San Francisco State University, 05/01/1994-05/01/2002
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Visiting and Temporary Appointments |
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Lecturer, Queens University of Charlotte, 05/2007-08/2010
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Visiting Professor of Creative Writing, Brown University, 08/2004-05/2006
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Distinguished Writer in Residence, St. Mary's College of Moraga, 01/1997-05/01/1998
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Other Employment |
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Director, MFA Writing Program, California Institute of the Arts, 09/2006-05/2008
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Briggs Copeland Lecturer in Dramatic Writing; Director, Creative Writing, Harvard University, Dept. of English, 05/01/2002-05/01/2006
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Honors and Awards |
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2010 United States Artists Fellow, 2010
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Pinter Review Gold Medal for FIRE EATER, 2003-2004
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Whiting Foundation Award, Playwriting, 2001-2002
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Will Glickman Award, Playwriting, 2001-2002
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Jane Chambers Award, Playwriting, 1997-1998
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National Endowment for the Arts (Playwriting), 1991-1992
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