Assistant Professor
On faculty since 2002

Office: Blanchard 311
630.752.5722
Nicole.Mazzarella@wheaton.edu

B.A. (Journalism), Asbury College
M.F.A. (Creative Writing), Old Dominion University

ENGL 102 - Literature of the Western World
ENGL 105 - Literature of the Modern World
ENGL 335 - Development of the Short Story
ENGW 103 - Writing Effective Prose (4 hrs.)
ENGW 104 - Writing Effective Prose (2 hrs.)
ENGW 313 - Creative Writing
ENGW 333 - Special Topics Seminar: The Role of Narrator, Character and Author in Theory and Craft
ENGW 333 - Varied Topics in Writing: Novella
ENGW 333 - Varied Topics in Writing: Short Story
ENGW 333 - Varied Topics in Writing: Travel Writing
ENGW 436 - Fiction Writing
ENGW 495 - Independent Studies (Advanced Writing and Theory; Novel Writing and Interactive Narrative; Screenwriting; Advanced Story Writing & Theory; Advanced Creative Non-Fiction; Methods of Teaching Writing; Advanced Novella; Novel Writing )

At other institutions:
Web Design, Creative Writing, and Argument & Persuasion

The question "who speaks?" drives much of my literary research as I explore the relationships between the author, narrator, character and reader and the role of the Christian artist as speaker. This has also influenced my pedagogy as I seek creative ways to empower students to participate in their education.

My fiction explores the influence of place on identity, the role of women, aging, the mysteries of grace, and the nature of forgiveness

This Heavy Silence. Paraclete Press. Hardcover October 2005. Paperback October 2006
(www.nicolemazzarella.com)

(forthcoming) Flesh. (writer). Documentary. Directed by Kristin R. Lauterbach.  Los Angeles, CA: Copper Coin Productions.

The Witch of Portabello. (wrote adaptation). Short Film. Directed by Kristin R. Lauterbach.  Los Angeles, CA: Copper Coin Productions 2008. 

Grains of Sand. (sole writer).  Short Film. Directed by Kristin R. Lauterbach.  Los Angeles, CA: 20th Century Fox Films, 2008.

Food for Thought. (contributing writer). Short Film. Directed by Kristin R.  Lauterbach. Los Angeles, CA: 20th Century Fox Films, 2008.

Diepe stilte. Kampen: Uitgeverij, 2007.  (Dutch translation of This Heavy Silence)

"The Faithful Writer." Reading and panel. Wheaton Scholar Society. Spring 2005.

"GPS." Reading. Illinois Philogical Association. Spring 2005.

"Weeding" Cimarron Review. Spring 2004.

"Teaching Students to Teach" presented at the International University Teaching. Vaxjo, Sweden. 16-18 June 2003.

"What a Mother Knows." Prince Books' Fall Reading Series, Norfolk, VA, September 2000.

"Yearning for the Paradisal Ideal: Milton's Commentary on Divorce and Marriage in Paradise Lost and The Divorce Tracts," English Graduate Student Organization's Annual Conference, Norfolk, VA, February 2000.

"Work Will Set You Free." Arts Celebration Series, Virginia Beach, VA,
June 2000.

"The Problem with Pictures," Prince Books' Spring Reading Series, Norfolk, VA, March 2000.

"Steps," Prince Books' Spring Reading Series, Norfolk, VA, March 1999.

"The Awakening and Erik Erikson's Psychosocial Stages," Old Dominion University Graduate Student Conference, Norfolk, VA, February 1999.