Steven Edwards
PROFESSOR
English Studies
School of Arts and Sciences
sedward9@fitchburgstate.edu
978.665.3997
Office: Miller Hall 211
Office Hours
Spring 2025
Sabbatical
Courses Taught
To see course descriptions go to the University Catalog.
Writing I (ENGL 1100)
Writing II (ENGL 1200)
Foundations of Professional Writing (ENGL 2025)
Genres/Forms/Themes: Environmental Writing (ENGL 3026)
Experimental Writing (ENGL 3027)
Editing and Publishing (ENGL 3075)
Fiction Writing (ENGL 3510)
Poetry Writing (ENGL 3520)
Nonfiction Writing (ENGL 3890)
Creative Nonfiction Writing (ENGL 3890)
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.