Meredith Hall, Emeritus Lecturer and Adjunct Faculty in the Writing MFA Program, was recently named in Flavorwire's and the journal Creative Nonfiction's list, "17 Essays by Female Writers That Everyone Should Read." Her piece, "Shunned," was her first published essay, in 2003. It won the Pushcart Prize and was a Notable in Best American Essays. Here is the link to the Flavorwire list:
http://flavorwire.com/370347/15-essays-by-female-writers-that-everyone-should-read.
Meredith also has a poem, "My Father," coming out in The Gettysburg Review this spring.