Luke Rolfes

Assistant Professor

Education

• Master of Fine Arts in creative writing, Minnesota State University
• Bachelor of Science in English, Iowa State University
• Bachelor of Science in computer science, Iowa State University

Courses Taught

• Eng 110 Introduction to college writing
• Eng 111 Composition
• Eng 112 Composition II
• Eng 210 Introduction to creative writing
• Eng 220 Introduction to literature

Academic Interests

• Creative writing
• Short fiction
• Contemporary literature
• Technology in the classroom

Scholarly Activity

• Flyover Country. (Collection of stories) Georgetown Review Press. [Georgetown College].  April 2015.
• "White Sky Rats." (Fiction) North American Review [University of Northern Iowa]. Summer 2014. 
• "Three Months." (Fiction) Georgetown Review [Georgetown College]. Forthcoming, Fall 2011.
• "Bugs." (Fiction) Permafrost [University of Alaska]. Forthcoming, Spring 2011.
• "The Fish on the Lake's Floor." (Fiction) Bat City Review [University of Texas]. Fall, 2010.  
•  "Palestine Boy." (Fiction)Water-Stone Review [Hamline University]. Fall 2010. Nominated for Best New American Voices Anthology.
• "Honey-bears." (Fiction) Connecticut Review [Connecticut State University System].  Fall 2010.
• "Horse." (Fiction) The MacGuffin [Schoolcraft College]. Spring 2010. 

Student Group Advisement

• Northwest Missouri State Writing Center (Fall 08-Spring 09)

Other Professional Experiences

• Mentor in AWP Writer to Writer Program
• Fiction editor/webmaster of The Laurel Review
• Organizing committee of Northwest Missouri State's Visiting Writers Series
• Webmaster of Northwest Missouri State's English Department