Ara Corbett

Ara Corbett serves as a Resident Assistant Professor in the College Writing Program at Occidental College, appointed in 2017. Her office is located in the Academic Commons (LIB 32) with current office hours on MWF 1:00-2:00 PM and TR 3:30-4:30 PM.

Her academic credentials include:

• B.A. from Loyola Marymount University
• M.F.A. in Creative Writing from Boston University
• M.A. from California State University, Los Angeles

Professor Corbett's scholarly focus centers on composition and rhetoric, creative writing, and writing pedagogy. Her work emphasizes curriculum development for undergraduate writing programs and cross-disciplinary writing support, informed by her terminal degree in creative writing and professional experience in academic writing instruction.