Rebecca Pelky, Ph.D.

  • Assistant Professor English
  • Assistant Professor Creative Writing

Contact

Location

331 Reilly Hall

Areas of Specialization

  • Creative Writing, Poetry
  • Native American Literatures

Courses

  • Major Authors: Joy Harjo
  • Creative Writing Workshop

Awards and Honors

  • National Endowment for the Arts Literature Fellowship, 2023
  • Perugia Press Poetry Prize, 2021

Degrees

  • 2020: Ph.D., English, University of Missouri
  • 2015: MFA, Creative Writing, Northern Michigan University
  • 2011: BA, English, Indiana University, South Bend
  • 1998: BS, Zoology, Northern Michigan University

Publications

  • Naked, a Translation of Matilde Ladrón de Guevara’s Poetry Collection, Desnuda, co-translated with Jake Young, Redhawk Publications, 2022
  • Through a Red Place, Perugia Press, 2021
  • Hiking Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, 3rd Ed., co-authored with Eric Hansen, Falcon Guides/Rowman &Littlefield, 2021
  • Horizon of the Dog Woman, Saint Julian Press, 2020