Jerry Gabriel

Jerry Gabriel is an Associate Professor of English at St. Mary's College of Maryland. He is based in the Department of English, located in Montgomery Hall. His academic and creative work spans creative writing, science writing, journalism, and oral history.

• B.A. in English Literature, Ohio State University (1992)
• M.A. in English, Northern Arizona University (1995)
• M.F.A. in Fiction, University of Iowa Writers' Workshop (1999)

Research and Creative Work: Jerry Gabriel specializes in creative writing pedagogy and practice, with a focus on narrative techniques in fiction, science writing, and interdisciplinary approaches to journalism and oral history. His publications include two acclaimed books: Drowned Boy (Sarabande Books, 2010), which won the Mary McCarthy Prize and was a Barnes and Noble 'Discover Great New Writers' selection, and The Let Go (Queen's Ferry Press, 2015). His work has appeared in prestigious literary journals such as One Story, The Missouri Review, and Fiction, and has been shortlisted for a Pushcart Prize.

Grants and Fellowships:

• New York Foundation for the Arts Fellowship (2004)
• Bread Loaf Writers' Conference Grant (2011)
• National Endowment for the Arts Grant (2016)

Professional Leadership: He serves as Project Director for SlackWater: A Journal of Environmental and Cultural Change in Southern Maryland and Co-Director of the Chesapeake Writers' Conference.