Janelle Adsit is a poet, essayist, and teacher of creative writing. She is an Assistant Professor of Writing Practices and affiliated faculty in the Environmental Studies and Environment & Community programs at Humboldt State University where she teaches creative writing, environmental writing, and literary publishing.
Her works include the poetry collection Unremitting Entrance and a chapbook titled Press Yourself Against a Mirror. Her poetry, book reviews, and essays have appeared in literary journals such as Cultural Society, Lalitamba, and Requited.
Her research focuses on creative writing pedagogies and critical university studies. Articles have appeared or are forthcoming in Feminist Formations and New Writing, and collections such as Creative Writing in the Digital Age and Creative Writing Innovations. She is editor of Critical Creative Writing: Essential Readings on the Writer's Craft (2018) and author of the book Toward an Inclusive Creative Writing: Threshold Concepts to Guide the Literary Writing Curriculum (2017). Forthcoming is a third book, co-authored with Renée M. Byrd, titled Writing Intersectional Identities: Keywords for Creative Writers.
Janelle holds a PhD from SUNY-Albany and a master's degree from Colorado State University. She lives in Northern California. She can be reached at www.criticalcreativewriting.org.
Her works include the poetry collection Unremitting Entrance and a chapbook titled Press Yourself Against a Mirror. Her poetry, book reviews, and essays have appeared in literary journals such as Cultural Society, Lalitamba, and Requited.
Her research focuses on creative writing pedagogies and critical university studies. Articles have appeared or are forthcoming in Feminist Formations and New Writing, and collections such as Creative Writing in the Digital Age and Creative Writing Innovations. She is editor of Critical Creative Writing: Essential Readings on the Writer's Craft (2018) and author of the book Toward an Inclusive Creative Writing: Threshold Concepts to Guide the Literary Writing Curriculum (2017). Forthcoming is a third book, co-authored with Renée M. Byrd, titled Writing Intersectional Identities: Keywords for Creative Writers.
Janelle holds a PhD from SUNY-Albany and a master's degree from Colorado State University. She lives in Northern California. She can be reached at www.criticalcreativewriting.org.