Dan Malakoff

Dan Malakoff is a Part-Time Lecturer in the Department of English at the University of Pittsburgh’s Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts & Sciences. He is affiliated with the First Year Programs and has been teaching since 2008. His creative work focuses on fiction, with publications in literary journals such as Pleiades, Wigleaf, and River Styx.

• Education: MFA from the University of Pittsburgh’s English Department.

Malakoff specializes in composition pedagogy, designing courses like Seminar in Composition and First-Year Writing themes such as Idle Hands/Devil’s Workshop? and Ballot Box Writing. His teaching emphasizes writing as a tool for critical engagement.

No specific grants or advising roles are noted. His professional contributions lie primarily in creative writing and undergraduate pedagogy.