Meghan Maguire Dahn

Meghan Maguire Dahn is a Lecturer in the English Department at Fordham University. She holds a BA and MA from the University of Connecticut and an MFA from Columbia University School of the Arts. Her research focuses on creative writing, ecopoetics, and building research methods for marginalized groups, with a particular emphasis on archives and hybrid forms.

• Education:
  • BA, University of Connecticut
  • MA, University of Connecticut
  • MFA, Columbia University School of the Arts

Her creative work explores intersections of environmental crisis and neurodiverse family dynamics, while her scholarly projects address challenges in archival research on overlooked cultural figures like painter-poet Sonja Sekula. She is the author of Domain (2022) and chapbook Lucid Animal (2021), and her poetry has appeared in Bennington Review, Boston Review, and Iowa Review, among others.

Awards:

• Burnside Review Press Award (2022)
• Harbor Review Editor’s Prize (2021)
• Best New American Poets Anthology Selection (2017)
• Discovery/92nd Street Y Poetry Prize (2014)

At Fordham, she teaches Composition, Creative Writing, and Public Writing, and serves as Editor of English News. Her pedagogical work emphasizes innovative approaches to creative lineage and accessibility in writing education.