Martha Witt

Collegial, knowledgeable, and experienced professor of English and Creative Writing committed to student success. Skilled at managing and instructing literature and writing in heterogenous classrooms with a diverse student population.

• Casa delle Traduzioni, December 8th-January 6th, 2021-2022, Rome, Italy (recipient of the Cepell Grant for Translation, providing airfare, plus full room and board).
• Quality Matters Online Teaching Certificate, August 20th, 2021: Nationally recognized certification that instructor has met gold-standard for online teaching practices.
• Casa delle Traduzioni, May 8-May 22nd of 2017; Rome, Italy.
• WPU Sabbatical for academic year 2014-2015.
• WPU Research Support and Fellowships: Summer Stipend for May-August 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, and 2012.
• Elea Wassard Artists’ Colony, July 2011; Ascea, Italy.
• Award for Interdepartmental Collaboration: Recognized by the Office of Career Services for arranging and scheduling career-oriented panels, talks, and lectures for graduate and undergraduate students.
• Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, July 2010 Amherst, VA.
• Spencer Fellowship for Art as Research; 2005-2006.
• Walter E.
• Dakin Fellowship; Sewanee Writers’ Conference, July 2005; Sewanee, TN.
• The John Gardner Award for Short Fiction; Harpur Palate Literary Magazine, Spring, 2004.
• Yaddo Artist’s Colony; month-long residencies (1992, 1993, 1995, 2000, 2001); Saratoga Springs, NY.
• The New York Times Fellowship for Creative Writing; 1993.
• McCracken Fellowship for Writing; 1992.
• Ragdale Artist’s Colony; March, 1994; Lake Forest, IL.
• The Thomas J.
• Watson Traveling Fellowship; 1990-1991; Italy.
• The New London Day Award for Fiction; 1988.

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