Etan Kerr-Finell Selected as Residential Teaching Fellow at Bennington Writing Seminars
Etan Kerr-Finell, a fourth term MFA student in poetry, has been selected to be the eleventh Residential Teaching Fellow at Bennington Writing Seminars.
Etan Kerr-Finell, a fourth term MFA student in poetry, has been selected to be the eleventh Residential Teaching Fellow at Bennington Writing Seminars. The fellowship is the first of its kind in the country to offer full-time undergraduate teaching experience in a low-residency MFA format. Benefits include full tuition remission for one term, housing and board, and enrollment in an on-campus class. Kerr-Finell will begin in September.
“This competitive fellowship is a unique opportunity for our MFA students and affords them intensive teaching experience under the guidance of an established faculty member,” said Megan Culhane Galbraith, Director of the Bennington Writing Seminars. “We are delighted to have Etan as this term’s teaching fellow, and I am thrilled this program continues to thrive.”
Kerr-Finell will be working with literature faculty member Jenny Boully in the class Fundamentals of Creative Writing. Kerr-Finell’s duties include grading, advising, assisting in the development of course materials, guest lecturing, and research, among other responsibilities, along with continuing his regular MFA coursework.
“I am thrilled about the opportunity to work with and learn from Jenny Boully this fall,” said Kerr-Finell. “I look forward to engaging with the students and the incredible literary life on campus.”
Kerr-Finell grew up in Colorado and received his BA from University of Colorado at Boulder in Philosophy and History. His poems have appeared in The Cimarron Review, the Rise Up Review, the Spadina Literary Review, and One by Jacar Press. He is currently at work on a poetry manuscript and lives in New York’s Hudson Valley.
The competitive teaching fellowship is open to enrolled Bennington MFA students rising into their second, third, or fourth term. Students are mentored 1:1 with the faculty member with whom they are working.
For more information about the Bennington Writing Seminars, or to apply to the MFA program, please visit the website. The application deadlines are September 1 (for entry to the Winter term) and March 1 (for entry to the Summer term).