Teaching

Stacy has taught at many public and private institutions, including the University of Alabama; University of Southern California; Mount Saint Mary’s University in Los Angeles; and the University of Nevada, Reno.

She is especially passionate about making poetry accessible to young people, and has taught creative writing at the high school, middle school, and grade school levels as part of Sarah Lawrence College’s Writers Village program, University of Alabama’s Rural Health Scholars program, the Orange County School of the Arts’ Creative Writing Conservatory, and through Sounds of Color studio in Santa Ana, CA.

In Summer 2022, Stacy launched Wordstruck Young Writers institute, a virtual creative writing school that offers programming for middle- and high-school students. Please see the Wordstruck website for more information.

If you are a teacher interested in having Stacy visit your school to discuss poetry with your students, or if you are a parent interested in having Stacy tutor your child in creative writing, please reach out using this site’s contact form.

What students have said

“Stacy Gnall inspired and challenged me to become a better writer. She is one of the best teachers I’ve ever had. Genuinely interested, always available to help, provided valuable criticism. I know the whole class would agree.”

“She is one of the friendliest and most motivating teachers … She was fun and fair and an incredible role model.”

“I actually look FORWARD to attending Professor Gnall's class because the atmosphere and her spectacular capabilities as a teacher make me excited to engage.”

“Dr. Gnall had a broad knowledge of different techniques and teachings … She was able to introduce a complex idea into something more simple and easier to understand.”

“She was able to remember all of our names after just the first class. That was impressive!”

Courses Taught

– Introductory Poetry Writing
– Advanced Poetry Writing
– Introduction to Creative Writing
– Creative Writing for Non-Majors
– Introduction to Creative Nonfiction
– Second Creators: Poetry in Translation
– Becoming an Author
– The Literary Animal
– American Experiences and Constitutional Change
– Ancient and Medieval Cultures
– First-Year Writing Sequence