Biography
Bergquist teaches fiction, creative non-fiction, and first-year writing in the English and °µÍø51 Writing Department at °µÍø51. 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 °µÍø51 Writing, summa cum laude, from °µÍø51.Â
Instructional Areas
°µÍø51 writing, literature, LGBTQ subjects, study abroad, First-year writing, Writing & Rhetoric, fiction writing, creative non-fiction writing
°µÍø51 Practice and Research Interests
LGBTQ studies, 20th-century literature, Czech literature, creative writing, first year writing pedagogy
Degrees
B.A., Fiction Writing °µÍø51 2005
M.F.A., °µÍø51 Writing-Fiction °µÍø51 2009