Laura Misco

Laura MiscoMarquette University

Marquette Hall, 228

MilwaukeeWI53201United States of America(414) 288-1974laura.misco@marquette.edu

Teaching Assistant Professor

English

I have taught extensively at the university level in the areas of creative and rhetorical writing, film studies, and digital storytelling. As a teacher and a writer, the stuff of novels, shorts, essays, poems, and films, as well as the narratives we tell about our experiences, challenges, and dreams – all of this means the world to me. I center my teaching on conveying the power of stories, as agents of truth, disruption, beauty, empathy, connection, and love.  I am passionate about working with students as they strive to form their own stories and currate their singular voices, no matter the mode of writing.

Education

• MFA, University of North Carolina - Wilmington
• BA, University of Wisconsin - Madison

Publications

• “Exorcising Mike.” Midwestern Gothic. Issue 22, Summer 2016.

• “This Gold Time.” Southwest Review. Vol. 98, No. 1. 2013.

Honors and Awards

• Faculty Development Award, Cardinal Stritch University, 2023, 2016, 2015
• Teaching Excellence and Campus Leadership Award, Cardinal Stritch University, 2015
• Quiet Giants Award, Cardinal Stritch University, 2013
• Janet Elizabeth Aquino Award of Excellence in Creative Writing, UNCW, 2002
• Robert H. Byington Fellowship in Creative Writing, UNCW, 2002

• Associated Writing Programs Intro Award Nominee, UNCW 2000, 2001

Additional Information

Office Hours

Spring 2026

• Tuesday and Thursday 10:50AM-12:20PM

Teaching Schedule

Spring 2026

• ENGL 1001/121: Foundations in Rhetoric 
  • Tuesdays and Thursday 8:00AM - 9:15AM 
• ENGL 1001/122: Foundations in Rhetoric 
  • Tuesday and Thursday 9:30AM-10:45AM 
• ENGL 3240/101: Introduction to Creative Writing
  • Tuesday and Thursday 12:30PM-1:45PM 
• ENGL 3240/102: Introduction to Creative Writing
  • Tuesday and Thursday 2:00PM-3:15PM