Faculty & Staff

• 
  Hayli Cox, Ph.D.

  Assistant Professor

  English Department

  Creative Writing Department

  hayli.cox@waldorf.edu

  Education

  Ph.D. in English, minor in Women's and Gender Studies (2024)
  Emphasis on creative nonfiction and fiction
  University of Missouri; Columbia, Mo.

  M.A. in Writing & Literature (2017); Outstanding Graduate MA Student Award
  Northern Michigan University; Marquette, Mich.

  B.A. in English Writing, minor in Biology (2015); Summa Cum Lauda, Full Honors, and Superior Edge Certification
  Northern Michigan University; Marquette, Mich.

  Biography

  Dr. Cox holds a Ph.D. in Creative Writing (prose emphasis) with a graduate minor in Women's and Gender Studies from The University of Missouri. Throughout her career, she has received several awards and honors for her teaching in both creative writing and composition. Her creative work has been widely published online and in print and has won or been nominated for numerous awards. In addition to her writing and research, she serves as a Nonfiction Editor at Doubleback Review and as an Editorial and Publicity Assistant at Persea Books.

  A Michigander by birth, Dr. Cox paints, builds with Lego, critters, watches, and hikes around with a backpack full of field guides in her free time.

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  Korey Hurni, Ph.D.

  Assistant Professor

  English Department

  Creative Writing Department

  korey.hurni@waldorf.edu

  Education

  Ph.D. in English (2023)
  Concentration in Creative Writing
  University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee
  
  M.F.A. in Creative Writing (2015) 
  Emphasis in Poetry
  Western Michigan University
  
  B.A. in English and Philosophy (2012)
  Michigan State University

  Biography

  Dr. Hurni was born and raised in Lansing, Mich., and is currently an Assistant Professor of English & Creative Writing at Waldorf University in Forest City, Iowa. He earned his Ph.D. from the University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee and his M.F.A. from Western Michigan University. Previously he has served as a poetry editor for Cream City Review and Third Coast. His work has appeared in West Branch, RHINO, Quarterly West, and elsewhere.

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