Alan Marks
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In addition to courses in composition (ENG 201) and creative writing (ENG 205), Alan Marks teaches a range of genre-related Topics in Literature courses on subjects like Science Fiction and Philosophy, Vampires, Monsters, Apocalypse, and Stephen King. He also specializes in online teaching, and has taught well over 100 online course sections over the last couple of decades.
Outside of teaching, Alan has been focusing more on his own writing in recent years, receiving his MFA in Creative Writing through the Stonecoast MFA program at the University of Southern Maine in ’24. He focuses mostly on horror fiction, but dabbles in more literary writing from time to time.
Courses Taught
ENG 101: College Composition
ENG 129/229: Topics in Literature – Science Fiction and Religion
ENG 129/299: Topics in Literature – Vampires in Literature
ENG 201: Strategies for Writing Across Contexts
ENG 205: Introduction to Creative Writing
ENG 212: Persuasive and Analytical Writing
ENG 229: Topics in Literature – Apocalyptic Lit
ENG 229: Topics in Literature – Monster Lit
ENG 229: Topics in Literature – Stephen King
ENG 317: Business and Technical Writing
Education
M.A. in Creative Writing, University of Maine, 1999
MFA in Creative Writing, University of Maine, 2024
