Senior Instructor

About

  • Office Hours:

    T TH 2-3:30 PM (Zoom)
  • Role:

    Faculty
  • Position:

    • Senior Instructor
  • Concentration:

    • Composition
  • Department:

    • English and University Composition Program
  • Education:

    • MFA in Fiction

Biography

Maurice Irvin is originally from the Midwest and grew up in Bloomington, Illinois. He attended Illinois Wesleyan University for his undergraduate degree in English-Writing and Colorado State University for his graduate degree in Creative Writing. He has been teaching at CSU since 2011, and his teaching interests include first-year composition/writing, including CO130 and CO150, and upper division composition/writing, including CO300 and CO301B. Maurice’s fiction, published in Portland Review, Propeller Magazine, and Natural Bridge, has been nominated for consideration in The Best American Short Stories.

Publications

“Scrape,” Portland Review, Spring 2017, nominated for consideration in The Best American Short Stories 2018

“Colossus,” Propeller Magazine, Spring 2020

“We’re Good People,” Natural Bridge, Fall 2020