Contact Information

Mellinger Learning Center, Room 210
309-457-2167
309-734-5145
esolberg@monm.edu

Office Hours

Sunday 3 pm - 4 pm

Wednesday 10 am - 11 am & 1:45 pm -2:45 pm

and by appointment

Website

http://personal.monm.edu/esolberg

Education

(2003), B.A., Yale, 1992; M.F.A., Louisiana State University, 1997.

Courses Taught

English 110: Composition and Argument

English 180: Introduction to Literature

English 210: Introduction to Creative Writing

Teaching Interests

I primarily teach writing: I teach first-year Composition and Argument course and also Introduction to Creative Writing.  I also teach our non-major course, Introduction to Literature, which includes writing about literature.  In each course, I focus on helping students make connections among what and how we read and what and how we write.  My primary goal is to make students better readers and revisers of their own writing.  

Research Interests

I am currently working on a novel about two sisters from South Texas and some essays on parenting. I am also interested in autobiography, women’s studies, contemporary fiction, and creative nonfiction.

About Erika Solberg

Right now, my life has three key parts: I teach part-time, I am home with my two young children part-time, and I write in whatever tiny cracks of time I can find.  Each part affects the other, and I am continually finding connections among what I do in the classroom, what I do at home, and what I do on the page.