EDUCATION
B.A. (English),
Wilkes College, Wilkes-Barre, PA, 1974
Brent Spencer began teaching at Creighton University in the fall of 1992
and was tenured and promoted to the rank of Associate Professor of English
in 1997, and in 2005 to the rank of Full Professor.
The author of two books, a novel entitled The Lost Son
(Arcade Publishing)
and a collection of short fiction entitled Are We Not
Men? (Arcade Publishing),
and co-writer of a screenplay, Speedway (New Horizons Picture Corp.),
Dr. Spencer
has taught at Penn State, the University of Iowa, Stanford University,
San Francisco State, and elsewhere.
He has served as Director of the
Creative Writing Program and as Editor of
the
Creighton University Press.
His service to the profession includes a term as board member and
Secretary to the
Associated Writing Programs
and as a board member for
The Nebraska Center for the Book. He is the Director of Creative Writing at Creighton
University, where he also coordinates the Minor in Film Studies.
COURSES TAUGHT
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE