Rate My Professor K.C. Wolfe

K.C. Wolfe is the Associate Professor of Creative Writing at Eckerd College, where he also holds the positions of Associate Dean of Faculty for Faculty Development and Executive Director of the Nielsen Center for the Liberal Arts. He earned his B.A. in English Writing Arts from the State University of New York at Oswego, with concentrations in Native American Studies and Anthropology, followed by an M.F.A. from The Ohio State University. At Eckerd College, Wolfe has served in multiple key capacities, including as chairperson of the Creative Arts Collegium, faculty adviser to the award-winning student newspaper The Current, and faculty adviser to the literary journal Eckerd Review. He founded and directed the Eckerd College National Poetry Month Reading Series, contributing to the institution's vibrant literary events and programming. His administrative and teaching roles underscore his commitment to faculty development, liberal arts education, and student mentorship in creative disciplines.

A accomplished writer, editor, and musician, Wolfe's essays, articles, poems, and short stories have appeared in notable journals such as Gulf Coast, The Sun, Harvard Review, phoebe, Joyland, The Bark, Redivider, Under the Sun, and Swink, among others. His professional background includes serving as associate nonfiction editor at Ohio State’s The Journal, working as a freelancer and managing editor, and co-founding the literary journal and small press Sweet: A Literary Confection in 2007, where he currently serves as vice-president of the board of directors. Wolfe's areas of teaching and research encompass journalism, creative nonfiction, fiction, literary editing, and the scholarship of teaching and learning. He describes his research as doggedly wide-ranging and eclectic, involving fieldwork, interviews, reading, and note-taking, with no typical research day. Through these pursuits and his multifaceted contributions, Wolfe significantly influences the creative writing program and the broader academic community at Eckerd College.