English Department Faculty

Lili Wright 

M.F.A. (Columbia University)
Associate Professor,
Advisor to The DePauw
324 Asbury Hall, CCM
Phone: (765) 658-4677/4473
E-mail: liliw@depauw.edu

Lili Wright earned her BA from Brown University and her MFA in creative nonfiction from Columbia University. Her essays and journalism have appeared in Newsweek, The New York Times, The Chicago Tribune, and The Baltimore Sun. Her travel memoir, Learning to Float: The Journey of a Woman, a Dog and Just Enough Men, was published by Broadway Books in 2002. Before joining the English Department at DePauw, she worked as a print journalist for 10 years in New York, New Jersey, Utah, and Mexico. While attending graduate school, she taught at Columbia’s Graduate School of Journalism and wrote for ABC’s morning news show, "Good Morning America." At DePauw, she teaches journalism and creative nonfiction. She also advises the twice-weekly student newspaper, The DePauw.

Fall 2007:

  • ENG 001a: Journalism (Writers)
  • ENG 001b: Journalism (Editors)
  • ENG 232: News Writing and Editing

Spring 2008:

  • ENG 001a: Journalism (Writers)
  • ENG 001b: Journalism (Editors)