Kendall Dunkelberg

Dr. Kendall Dunkelberg serves as Professor of English, Department Chair, and Director of Creative Writing at the Department of English, College of Arts & Sciences, Mississippi University for Women. He additionally directs the Eudora Welty Writers’ Symposium, fostering literary community engagement through campus events featuring prominent writers.

His academic credentials include:

• BA in English/Creative Writing from Knox College
• MA in Comparative Literature from University of Texas, Austin
• PhD in Comparative Literature from University of Texas, Austin

Dunkelberg's research centers on Poetry and Creative Writing with specialized expertise in Translation, World Literature, and Twentieth Century Dutch literature. His creative work consistently explores ecological themes through nature imagery and landscape poetry, while his pedagogical focus examines multi-genre writing instruction and creative writing curriculum development. The interplay between cultural identity, historical contexts, and environmental consciousness forms a unifying thread across his diverse body of work.

His publication trajectory reveals evolving engagement with Southern literary traditions and ecopoetry, culminating in recent contributions to Attached to the Living World: A New Ecopoetry Anthology (2025). Spanning poetry collections like Tree Fall with Birdsong (2025) and the widely adopted textbook A Writer’s Craft: Multi-genre Creative Writing (2017), his output demonstrates sustained innovation in both creative practice and pedagogical methodology. Anthology appearances in Southern Voices (2024) and Down to the Dark River (2015) highlight his regional significance within Mississippi's literary landscape.

Through the Eudora Welty Writers’ Symposium, Dunkelberg cultivates literary discourse by organizing readings, workshops, and scholarly exchanges that connect MUW students with established authors, significantly enriching the campus cultural environment.