Sara Schaff
Assistant Professor · Creative Writing
State University of New York College at PlattsburghAbout
Sara Schaff is an Assistant Professor of English at SUNY Plattsburgh's School of Arts & Sciences. A 2024 NYSCA/NYFA Artist Fellow in Fiction, she is the author of two acclaimed story collections: The Invention of Love (Split/Lip Press, 2020) and Say Something Nice About Me (Augury Books, 2016), the latter a CLMP Firecracker Award Finalist and 2017 Next Generation Indie Book Award Finalist. She holds an M.F.A. in Creative Writing from the University of Michigan and a B.A. in Linguistic Anthropology from Brown University.
Research Interests: Sara specializes in
- Creative Writing pedagogy
- Fiction and narrative structure
- Cross-cultural storytelling traditions
- Literary anthropology
- Contemporary short fiction
- Emotional and character-driven narratives
Academic Achievements:
- 2024 NYSCA/NYFA Artist Fellow
- CLMP Firecracker Award Finalist
- Next Generation Indie Book Award Finalist (2017)
Sara has previously taught at Oberlin College, the University of Michigan, and St. Lawrence University, with international teaching experience in China, Colombia, and Northern Ireland where she studied storytelling traditions.
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