GCC'S CREATIVE WRITING PROGRAM
Meet the Faculty

Johnnie Clemens May (johnnie.may@gcmail.maricopa.edu) has an M.A. in creative writing from Indiana University and an M.F.A. in poetry.. She has been advisor of the school poetry club and an advisor and poetry judge of The Traveler.  Along with having published her own poetry, she has hosted poetry readings at a local coffeehouse, has delivered lectures on poetry to organizations in the community, and has been a student of nationally recognized poets. Several of her students have won awards in poetry and the personal essay.

Mike Mullins (michael.mullins@gcmail.maricopa.edu) teaches journalism and English at GCC and is the faculty adviser to The Voice, the college's newspaper.  A freelance writer and former public relations executive, he is the author of "Syracuse University Football: A Centennial Celebration." In addition he has published hundreds of newspaper articles ranging from college athletics to theatre, music and raising his twin daughters.

Laura White  (laura.white@gcmail.maricopa.edu) has taught at Glendale Community College for the English Department since 1993.  In the past, her work has appeared in Northwest Review, Black Warrior Review, Beloit Fiction Journal, Confrontation, Pennsylvania English, Original Sin: The Seven Deadlies, Come Home, Women Behaving Badly, Calyx, Event,  Kaleidoscope, and elsewhere.

David Nelson (david.nelson@gcmail.maricopa.edu) has a B. A. in English with an emphasis in creative writing (poetry) from The Evergreen State College, Olympia, Washington, and a M. F. A. in Creative Writing (fiction) from Arizona State University where he was an associate editor of the Hayden’s Ferry Review.  He enjoys all sorts of writing, though his main concern continues to be fiction.

John Ventola (john.ventola@gcmail.maricopa.edu) teaches creative writing and composition in the English Department at GCC. His work has appeared in numerous national publications such as The Baseball Review, The Rust Belt Review, Art Voice, and Raven Chronicles, a college composition textbook, and an anthology of working-class literature called The Workplace: Robinson’s View of the Literature of the Worker.

As an avid journal writer, Betsey Wheeler (betsey.wheeler@gcmail.maricopa.edu) brings passion and experience to the art of writing.   She holds a master’s degree in both Education and English which she skillfully combines to teach writing in its most expressive form.   Journaling can be a critical step in spurring creativity, improving health, and recording remembrances.  This is Betsey’s tenth year of teaching writing at Glendale Community College.  Join her in this voyage of discovery called journaling.

Vicky Campo (vicky.campo@gcmail.maricopa.edu) has mentored writers since 1994. She has been a full-time faculty member at Arizona State University, she has led and facilitated writing support groups, and she now teaches Creative Writing in the Maricopa Community Colleges. Vicky Campo earned her Masters Degree in English from Arizona State University in 1997 with distinction. Her work has appeared in such publications as The Palo Verde, Sandcutters, The Angle, Open Channels, Strategies for Teaching First-Year Composition, The Bedford Bibliography of Basic Writing, and others.

   For information, contact Johnnie Clemens May, M. F. A.
Coordinator, GCC Creative Writing Program, Phone: 623-845-3538, HT2-111, GCC Main campus