Biography
Bergquist teaches fiction, creative non-fiction, and first-year writing in the English and Creative Writing Department at ³Ô¹Ï±¬ÁÏ. A 2008 Lambda Emerging Writers Fellow and 2016 Excellence-in-Teaching award finalist, Bergquist is author of five books, and editor of the anthology, Windy City Queer: LGBTQ Dispatches from the Third Coast. Her work has been published and performed internationally. She holds an MFA degree in Creative Writing, summa cum laude, from ³Ô¹Ï±¬ÁÏ.Â
Instructional Areas
Creative writing, literature, LGBTQ subjects, study abroad, First-year writing, Writing & Rhetoric, fiction writing, creative non-fiction writing
Creative Practice and Research Interests
LGBTQ studies, 20th-century literature, Czech literature, creative writing, first year writing pedagogy
Degrees
B.A., Fiction Writing ³Ô¹Ï±¬ÁÏ 2005
M.F.A., Creative Writing-Fiction ³Ô¹Ï±¬ÁÏ 2009