Deena November

Deena November authored Mean Mama (Main Street Rag, 2017) and the chapbook Dick Wad (Hyacinth Girl Press, 2012). She has edited two anthologies, Nasty Women & Bad Hombres (Lascaux Editions, 2017) and I Just Hope It's Lethal (Houghton Mifflin Co., 2005). Her poetry has appeared in Nerve Cowboy, Chiron Review, Women Write Resistance, Keyhole Magazine, Mom Egg Review, Pittsburgh Poetry Review and The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. She holds an MFA in Poetry from Carlow University where she then taught in the English and Women’s Studies program. Currently Deena teaches Creative Writing, Literature and Communications at Robert Morris University, University of Pittsburgh, Carlow University, and the Community College of Allegheny County. Deena enjoys strolling through the gardens of Phipps.

Courses Taught

Written Professional Communication (ENGCMP 0400)

Professional Communications in the Workplace

Argument and Research

World Literature

Reading Literature: Coming of Age

Introduction to Literature

Introduction to Poetry (ENGWRT 0530)

Introduction to Poetry Workshop

Introduction to Creative Writing Workshop

Introduction to Creative Writing

Creative Writing

Fundamentals of Writing and Research Foundations of Writing

Reading and Writing Strategies

English Composition 101

English Composition 102

College Reading and Writing Technical English

Women in Creativity Feminist Theory