Creative Writing

I thoroughly enjoyed this course, largely because of Professor Spring’s easygoing and accommodating teaching style. She created a classroom environment that encouraged creativity and independent thinking, offering students the freedom to explore ideas with minimal constraints. Professor Spring fostered open dialogue and meaningful discussion, and the structured opportunities for peer feedback allowed us to hear diverse perspectives and strengthen our work. Her approach made the course both engaging and intellectually rewarding.

I thoroughly enjoyed this course, largely because of Professor Spring’s easygoing and accommodating teaching style. She created a classroom environment that encouraged creativity and independent thinking, offering students the freedom to explore ideas with minimal constraints. Professor Spring fostered open dialogue and meaningful di …Read more

Robert Cohen is an intelligent, quirky professor, and tends to regularly drop shockingly poetic lines in the middle of the average lecture. He gave fair, honest, and direct criticism of writing brought to in-class workshop, and was flexible about deadlines when extenuating circumstances were present. One thing I will note is that there was little diversity or variety in the types of short stories he selected for our weekly readings—they typically centered around white male characters acting in questionable (or outright problematic) ways in domestic settings, and most had relatively disturbing and/or depressing throughlines. They weren't necessarily bad stories; however, distinct themes were consistently present, and I think anyone looking to take the course should be aware of this ahead of time.

Robert Cohen is an intelligent, quirky professor, and tends to regularly drop shockingly poetic lines in the middle of the average lecture. He gave fair, honest, and direct criticism of writing brought to in-class workshop, and was flexible about deadlines when extenuating circumstances were present. One thing I will note is that the …Read more

Karin was very enthusiastic and kind. The class felt a little slow-paced at times but I felt like I had a lot of freedom to experiment with writing style and I was very comfortable doing so. It was very much the kind of class where you get more out of it the more you put in.