Sarah M. Cedeño, MFA

Ms.Sarah M. Cedeño, MFA

(she/her)

Lecturer
(585) 395-5922
scedeno@brockport.edu
Office: Liberal Arts 247
Website
Office Hours:

MWF, 12:30-1:30 pm and by appointment, 247 LAB

Education

  • MFA, Writing, Fiction; Goddard College, Plainfield, VT, May 2014
  • MA, English, Creative Writing; State University of New York, College at Brockport, May 2006
  • BA, English, Creative Writing; State University of New York, College at Brockport, May 2004

Areas of Specialty

  • Fiction writing
  • Memoir
  • Contemporary American fiction
  • Writing Illness
  • Writing historical fiction
  • Document-based fiction
  • Alternative forms (hermit crab essay)
  • Creative writing pedagogy
  • Novella 

Courses Taught

STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK, COLLEGE AT BROCKPORT, ENGLISH DEPARTMENT, JANUARY 2008-PRESENT

  • Fiction Workshop
  • Intro to Creative Writing
  • College Composition
  • Fundamentals of College Composition
  • Narrative Nonfiction (Delta College)
  • Intro to Honors
  • Advanced Fiction Writing
  • Business Writing

Research Interests

  • Short fiction
  • Memoir
  • Contemporary American literature

Additional Experience

  • Clockhouse Review, Associate Fiction Editor, August 2014-Present
  • Animal Literary Magazine, Fiction Editor, January 2014-Present
  • The Red Line International Literary Journal, Guest Judge, “Bodies” Issue March 2014-May 2014
  • SUNY Brockport English Department, Member-at-Large, Fall 2013-Present
  • Emily L. Knapp Library and Museum of Local History, Secretary, Spring 2013-Present
  • The Pitkin Review, Goddard College, Editor-in-Chief, Fall 2013
  • The Pitkin Review, Goddard College, Fiction Editor, Spring 2013
  • The Pitkin Review, Goddard College, Nonfiction Editor, Fall 2012
  • SUNY Brockport English Department, Maggie Fox/Calvin Rich Award Committee, Evaluator of student submissions, Spring 2011
  • Educational Opportunity GPS Mentoring Program, Mentor, Fall 2010-Fall 2012
  • Review Assessment, SUNY Brockport Composition Program, Assistant and Reviewer, December 2009
  • The Writers Forum, Assistant to the Directors, August 2005-May 2006