Academic Fellow
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As a Writopia Fellow, Courtney Zoffness serves as a mentor and adviser to Writopia upperclassmen transitioning into college. Courtney taught fiction and memoir workshops year-round at Writopia Lab from 2008 through 2009, while teaching creative writing at Yale, the University of Pennsylvania, and the College of New Jersey. She has also taught writing at the University of Arizona, and Johns Hopkins University—and is thus well-versed in the rigors and expectations of college-level writing. Courtney's fiction has appeared in journals and anthologies such as Washington Square, Saint Ann’s Review, Tampa Review, and the international Fish Prize Stories, and has been honored by Best New American Voices, the UA Foundation, and the Bread Loaf Writers’ Conference. She’s published nonfiction in Ladies’ Home Journal, Our Town, and New York’s daily Metro, worked in an editorial capacity for MTV Networks and Rolling Stone, and served as managing editor of the United Nations-sponsored Earth Times. She looks forward to drawing on her multifaceted career path to guide Writopia students, current and former, as they make professional choices. Courtney is currently a full-time visiting assistant professor of English at Allegheny College and divides her time between Meadville, PA, and Brooklyn, NY.