Michelle Chihara

Michelle Chihara (MFA, PhD UC Irvine) is assistant professor of English language and literature at Whittier College, where she teaches contemporary American literature and creative writing. Her fiction and nonfiction have appeared in Studies in American Fiction, n+1, Trop Magazine, Green Mountains Review, the Santa Monica Review, Echoes, Mother Jones, and The Boston Phoenix, among others. Her research involves real estate, financial panics, and contemporary culture. You can find her online at michellechihara.com.