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Teaching Associate Professor/ Associate Director of the Writing Program

University of New Hampshire, MFA, Fiction Writing

University of Massachusetts, MA, History

University of California, Los Angeles, BA, History

Bio

Michael Keenan Gutierrez is the author of The Swill (Leapfrog) and The Trench Angel (Leapfrog) and earned degrees from UCLA, the University of Massachusetts, and the University of New Hampshire. His short work has been published in The Rumpus, The Sonora Review, Hippocampus, Cobalt805 + Art, The Delmarva ReviewThe CollagistScarabThe Pisgah ReviewUntowardThe Boiler, and Crossborder. His screenplay, The Granite State, was a finalist at the Austin Film Festival and he has received fellowships from The University of Houston and the New York Public Library. Originally from Los Angeles, he has been teaching at the University of North Carolina since 2012.

To read more, visit my website

Publications:

  • The Swill. Novel. Leapfrog Press, June 2022.
  • The Trench Angel. Novel. Leapfrog Press, October 2015.
  • “Avoid Windows.” Hippocampus. Spring 2025
  • “The Hacienda.” The Sonora Review. Spring 2025
  • “Sun-Up.” The Rumpus. Winter 2025.
  • “Tell Me About Yourself: Using the Autoethnography to Expand Opportunities for Undergraduate Research in the Creative Writing Classroom.” With Sarah Singer. Pedagogy. Spring 2022.

Teaching Awards

Joseph Flora Award for Excellence in Teaching, University of North Carolina.


Awards

  • Institute of Arts & Humanities Faculty Fellowship, University of North Carolina, 2019, 2025.
  • Southern Jewish Historical Society, Dr. Lawrence J. Kanter Grant, 2024.
  • Global Partnership Award Exploration Grant, University of NorthCarolina, 2024
  • Carolina Center for Jewish Studies, Travel and Research Grant, University of North Carolina, 2023.
  • Visiting Researcher Fellowship, Wilson Library, University of North Carolina,  2023.
  • Arts & Humanities Research Grant, University of North Carolina, 2023.
  • Friday Award, Institute of Arts & Humanities, University of North Carolina, 2020, 2023.
  • Adobe Course Development Grant, University of North Carolina, 2018.
  • Ackland Art Museum Course Development Grant, University of North Carolina, 2018.
  • University Research Council Grant, University of North Carolina, 2014.
  • Austin Film Festival, One-Hour Pilot, Finalist, 2013.
  • New York Public Library, Research Fellowship, 2011-2012.
  • Houston Writing Fellowship, University of Houston, 2010-2012.

Courses Taught:

  • ENGL 307: Stylistics
  • ENGL 283: Life Writing in Ireland (Study Abroad)
  • ENGL 283: Life Writing
  • ENGL 212: Writing Crime and Mystery Fiction
  • ENGL 147: Mystery Fiction
  • ENGL 130: Introduction to Fiction Writing
  • ENGL 124: Contemporary Fiction
  • ENGL 123: Introduction to Fiction
  • ENGL 105i: Writing in the Humanities
  • ENGL 105i: Writing in the Social Sciences
  • ENGL 105: First-Year Writing

Curriculum Vitae / Resume