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Erika Meitner

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Raw average: 5.00/5 from 1 quality ratings. The adjusted rating blends this with the UW review average (3.66/5), weighted as 20 additional ratings. Smaller samples stay closer to that average. Each captured review is counted once in the prior; this does not correct who chooses to leave a review.

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ENG409 · course not matched
Quality 5/5Difficulty 2/5
Professor Meitner really cares about poetry. In addition to running class workshops, she also teaches about publishing, literary journals, and craft elements. I found her comments on my work to be exceedingly helpful. We wrote seven poems in various forms throughout the semester.
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Classes with Erika Meitner

ENGL 785

Mfa Thesis

3–6 credits

MFA Thesis provides thesis hours for MFA creative writing students working to complete a book of short stories, poems, or a novel.

Offering recorded · Spring 2027 · Sources

Recent recorded grades — Spring 2023: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=12 letter grades); Fall 2024: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=6 letter grades); Spring 2025: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=8 letter grades).

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Fall 2022–Spring 2026 · limited sample

Recorded teaching history

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TermCourseTitle
Spring 2027ENGL 785Mfa Thesis
Spring 2027ENGL 799Independent Reading
Fall 2026ENGL 207Introduction to Creative Writing: Fiction and Poetry Workshop
Fall 2026ENGL 409Creative Writing: Poetry Workshop
Fall 2026ENGL 783Creative Writing Pedagogy Seminar
Fall 2026ENGL 785Mfa Thesis

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