{"id":5,"date":"2012-10-25T22:04:15","date_gmt":"2012-10-25T22:04:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/eehussey\/?page_id=5"},"modified":"2026-03-21T21:08:09","modified_gmt":"2026-03-22T01:08:09","slug":"home","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/eehussey\/","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

E.E. Hussey<\/strong> (Erica) is the author of Hafa Adai<\/em> (Curbstone Books, 2027). She has received support from Goodyear Arts, the Vermont Studio Center, the Virginia G. Piper Center for Creative Writing, Tin House, and the Bread Loaf Environmental Writers\u2019 Conference. She has previous work experience as a surgical research specialist and as a science writer and editor. She is an assistant professor of English at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Education<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

MFA, University of Alabama (Creative Writing, Prose)
MA, Johns Hopkins (Science Writing)
BA, University of Texas at Austin (English)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Research Interests<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Fiction; hybrid and experimental writing; nonfiction; science writing; horror + politics; magical realism; environment; nonhuman + human; folklore + myth; global literature; Asian American literature; Filipino literature; postcolonial environmental literature<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Courses Taught<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

ENGL 2128: Intro to Fiction Writing
ENGL 3202: Intermediate Fiction Writing 
ENGL 4203\/5203: Advanced Fiction Writing
ENGL 4750: English Honors Seminar
ENGL 6073: Topics in Creative Writing <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Publications<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Books:<\/em><\/strong>
Hafa Adai <\/em>(Curbstone Books, 2027)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fiction:<\/em> <\/strong>
\u201cSpider Fight,\u201d The Kenyon Review<\/em>
\u201cStrange Foot and the Auditor,\u201d Hayden\u2019s Ferry Review <\/em>
\u201cHowled Me Down,\u201d PANK Magazine<\/em>  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hybrid:<\/strong><\/em>
\u201cBones and Honey,\u201d Passages North<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nonfiction<\/em>:<\/strong>
\u201cMonstrum,\u201d Carve Magazine <\/em>
\u201cHeart,\u201d The Collapsar<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Works-in-progress:<\/em><\/strong>
a collection of stories, a hybrid novel set in 1900s New Zealand, a horror novel set in a Carolina swamp, and a novel about fertility research<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Selected Residencies, Grants, Honors, Misc.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

\u2022 Casa L\u00fc Sur Writers Residency, Mexico City
\u2022 Goodyear Arts Artist-in-Residence
\u2022 Bread Loaf Environmental Writers\u2019 Conference 
\u2022 Best American Essays, <\/em>notable essay: \u201cMonstrum\u201d in <\/strong>Carve Magazine<\/em>
\u2022 Desert Nights, Rising Stars Writers Conference <\/em>Teaching <\/em>Fellow, Virginia G. Piper Center for Creative Writing at Arizona State University
\u2022 Vermont Studio Center Residency
\u2022 Tin House Scholar <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Faculty Appointments<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

\u2022 Assistant Professor, Department of English, UNC Charlotte, 2025\u2013present
\u2022\u00a0Visiting Assistant Professor, Department of English, Sewanee: The University of the South <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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