Traci Cox

Traci Cox
Post-Doc Faculty
tmcqq2@missouri.edu
Education

PhD in English & Creative Writing, University of Missouri

MFA in Creative Writing (Nonfiction), George Mason University

BA with Honors and Distinction in English, minor in Anthropology, James Madison University

Research and Teaching

Areas of Study:

  • Creative Writing (Nonfiction)
  • Folklore Studies
Bio

Pronouns: she/her

Awards and Honors

Brothers Grimm Society of North America, Best Article of 2024: "Rewilding My Brain: Folklore, Disability, and the Non-human World" (Journal of American Folklore, Summer 2024)

MU English Graduate Student Travel Award, 2022

Donald E. & Mary Frances Hayden MU English Fellowship Award, 2020 & 2021

Best MU English Graduate Student Paper Award, 2019

G. Ellsworth Huggins Fellow, University of Missouri, 2015-20

Best American Essays 2014, Notable Essay of 2013: "Missed" (The Masters Review, Spring 2013) 

J. W. Fulbright Fellow, Slovak Republic, 2009-10