Micheline Marcom

Micheline Marcom is a Professor of English and Director of Creative Writing at the University of Virginia. She specializes in Creative Writing and Digital Humanities, with a focus on storytelling related to migration and immigrant experiences.

• Current Role: Director of Creative Writing
• Projects: Founder/Creative Director of The New American Story Project, a digital storytelling initiative exploring migration narratives, including the Welcome Children project on Central American refugee crises.
• Publications: Author of acclaimed books like Three Apples Fell from Heaven and The New American.

Her work bridges literary creativity with social justice themes, emphasizing human migration and historical memory.

• Awards:
  • 2022 Finalist, Neustadt International Prize for Literature
  • 2012 United States Artists Fellow
  • 2006 Whiting Award
  • 2005 PEN/USA Award for Fiction
  • 2004 Lannan Foundation Literary Fellowship