Patricia Horvath
MFA Coordinator, Adjunct Assistant Professor of English
Degrees
MFA, 2001, Univ Mass Amherst; BA, 1983, Emerson CollBio
A graduate of the MFA program at the University of Massachusetts in Amherst, Patricia Horvath teaches fiction and creative nonfiction. Her most recent project, a memoir, explores issues of disability and self-identity, specifically how one's sense of self is affected when a physical disability ceases to be visible. On the basis of this work she was awarded fellowships from the New York Foundation for the Arts and the Barbara Deming Memorial Fund. Her work has appeared in literary journals including Shenandoah, Cream City Review, and Puerto del Sol, and she is an editor at The Massachusetts Review. Teaching interests for Prof. Horvath include the short story, "sudden" and experimental fiction, the narrative essay, and memoir. As well, she teaches Female Identity through Art and Literature in the Women's Studies Program at Hofstra.
Recent Courses Taught
| Course | Title | Level |
|---|---|---|
| CRWR 135 | PROSE WRITING | Undergraduate |
| CRWR 136CC | WRITNG VARIETIES OF NONFICTION | Undergraduate |
| CRWR 184H | LIFE WRITING | Undergraduate |
| CRWR 190E | THE PERSONAL ESSAY | Undergraduate |
| CRWR 190I | SPC TPC: THE ART OF REVISION | Undergraduate |
| CRWR 191J | SPC TPC: WRITING CONTEMP FICTN | Undergraduate |
| CRWR 199 | HONORS PROJECT | Undergraduate |
| CRWR 243 | CREATIVE NON-FICTION WRITING | Graduate |
| CRWR 250O | CRAFTING THE NARRATIVE PERSONA | Graduate |
| CRWR 251R | THE COMPOSITE NOVEL | Graduate |
| CRWR 291O | STUDIES IN CREATIVE NONFICTION | Graduate |
| CRWR 293K | CREATING THE NOVEL | Graduate |
| CRWR 302 | MASTER'S PROJECT - ENGL & CRWR | Graduate |
| CRWR 303 | M.F.A. PROJECT | Graduate |
| DSST 002 | (LT) DISABILITY IN LIT & CULTR | Undergraduate |
| ENGL 196D | (LT) DISABILITY IN LIT & CULTR | Undergraduate |
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