Steven Edwards
PROFESSOR
English Studies
School of Arts and Sciences
sedward9@fitchburgstate.edu
978.665.3997
Office: Miller Hall 211
Office Hours
Fall 2026
Monday 12:30 - 1:45 p.m.
Wednesday 12:30 - 1:45 p.m.
And by appointment.
Courses Taught
To see course descriptions go to the University Catalog.
Writing I (ENGL 1100)
Writing II (ENGL 1200)
Honors English II (HON 1200)
Foundations of Professional Writing (ENGL 2025)
Experimental Writing (ENGL 3640)
Fiction Writing (ENGL 3740)
Poetry Writing (ENGL 3750)
Creative Nonfiction Writing (ENGL 3770)
Genres/Forms/Themes: Environmental Writing (ENGL 4700)
Editing and Publishing (ENGL 4880)
Creative Writing (ENGL 8020)
Background
Ph.D., University of Nebraska-Lincoln
M.F.A., Purdue University
Steve Edwards is the author of Breaking into the Backcountry, a memoir about his seven months of service as the caretaker of a wilderness homestead in Oregon. He earned an MFA in fiction writing from Purdue University and a PhD in English studies from the University of Nebraska–Lincoln. A 2013-14 Massachusetts Cultural Council fellow in fiction/nonfiction, his writing appears in The Yale Review, The Sun, Orion, Longreads, and Literary Hub, among others.