Fiona Cheong
Acting Director of Writing |
Associate Professor of English
412-624-2802
cheong@pitt.edu
CL 628-K
Fiona Cheong received her B.A. in English and M.F.A. in Creative Writing from Cornell University.
Research and Publications: She is the author of two novels, The Scent of the Gods and Shadow Theatre, and a contributor to Tilting the Continent: Southeast Asian American Writing, and Charlie Chan is Dead: An Anthology of Contemporary Asian American Literature.
She teaches in the areas of contemporary fiction, Asian American and transnational literature, creative writing pedagogies, and women's studies, and is a co-founder and co-mentor of the Asian American Writers' Forum, an organization of graduate and advanced undergraduate writers of color within the university community.
Teaching
Graduate Courses
- Fiction Workshop
- Topics in Fiction
Undergraduate Courses
- Fiction Writing
- Topics in Fiction
Other Duties & Service
- Member, Writing Program Committee
