John Buckley
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Mail code: 0604Campus: Tempe
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John Buckley is an ASU alum, having graduated with a BA in English Literature in 2005. He then went on to obtain his MPW (MFA equivalent) from USC in 2008, with a dual focus on short fiction and screenwriting. After completing his post-secondary education, Mr. Buckley began teaching English at the community college level in 2008, which he did full-time until 2014, when he became a full-time technical writer/editor in the corporate sector (while still teaching night classes). In 2016, Mr. Buckley was hired as a Faculty Associate in the Writers' Studio, and he became a full-time Instructor in 2017. He then became the Writing Mentor Coordinator in 2019. In this role, he hires, trains, and oversees a group of 70+ course-embedded tutors. In his free time, Mr. Buckley still writes short fiction and regularly publishes pieces in literary journals, both in print and online.
- MPW (Short Fiction and Screentwriting), University of Southern California, 2008
- BA (English Literature), Arizona State University, 2005
