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Tarfia Faizullah

Title: Assistant Professor

Department: English

College: College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences

Curriculum Vitae

Curriculum Vitae Link

Education

  • MFA, Virginia Commonwealth University, 2009
    Major: Creative Writing
    Specialization: Poetry
  • BA, University of Texas at Austin, 2006
    Major: Plan II Honors Program

Current Scheduled Teaching

No current or future courses scheduled.

Texas Education Code 51.974 (HB 2504) requires each institution of higher education to make available to the public, a syllabus for undergraduate lecture courses offered for credit by the institution.

Previous Scheduled Teaching

ENGL 4110.001Advanced Poetry WritingSpring 2026 Syllabus
ENGL 5900.418Special ProblemsSummer 5W2 2025
ENGL 4110.001Advanced Poetry WritingSpring 2025 Syllabus SPOT
ENGL 5950.718Master's ThesisSpring 2025
ENGL 3150.004Beginning Poetry WritingFall 2024 Syllabus SPOT
ENGL 5950.718Master's ThesisFall 2024
ENGL 4110.001Advanced Poetry WritingSpring 2024 Syllabus SPOT
ENGL 3150.004Beginning Poetry WritingFall 2023 Syllabus SPOT
ENGL 5420.001Creative Writing: PoetryFall 2023 SPOT
Texas Education Code 51.974 (HB 2504) requires each institution of higher education to make available to the public, a syllabus for undergraduate lecture courses offered for credit by the institution.

Published Intellectual Contributions

    Book

  • Gabbert, M., Chen, C., Faizullah, T., Chatti, L., Miller, C.J. (2025). Spotted Ponies. Bridwell Press. https://doi.org/10.3998/mpub.13160847
  • Faizullah, T. Registers of Illuminated Villages. Minneapolis, MN, Graywolf Press.

    • Personal Essay

  • Faizullah, T. Necessary Failure. College Station, TX, South to South Anthology.
  • Faizullah, T. Deprogramming the Artist. Chicago, IL, US Artists New Suns.

    • Poem

  • Faizullah, T. (2024). Symphony No. 7 in A Major, Op. 92. na.
  • Faizullah, T. Ditty. Columbia: A Journal of Literature and Art.
  • Faizullah, T. Great Material. Personal Best Anthology: Makers on Their Poems. Port Townsend, WA, Copper Canyon Press.
  • Faizullah, T. Poem Without Love. Academy of American Poets Poem-a-Day.
  • Faizullah, T. Red-Lipped Poem. Academy of American Poets Poem-a-Day.
  • Faizullah, T. Red-Lipped Poem. Academy of American Poets Poem-a-Day.
  • Faizullah, T. Two Days in a Row in November I Died Twice. The Yale Review.
  • Faizullah, T. Infinity Ghazal Beginning with Lice and Never Ending with Lies. Pasadena, CA, New Moons Anthology.
  • Faizullah, T. Self-Portrait as Mango.
  • Faizullah, T. Surah. Academy of American Poets Poem-a-Day.
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Overall
Summative Rating		 Challenge and
Engagement Index		 Response Rate

out of 5
out of 7		 %
of
students responded
  • Overall Summative Rating (median):
    This rating represents the combined responses of students to the four global summative items and is presented to provide an overall index of the class’s quality. Overall summative statements include the following (response options include a Likert scale ranging from 5 = Excellent, 3 = Good, and 1= Very poor):
    • The course as a whole was
    • The course content was
    • The instructor’s contribution to the course was
    • The instructor’s effectiveness in teaching the subject matter was
  • Challenge and Engagement Index:
    This rating combines student responses to several SPOT items relating to how academically challenging students found the course to be and how engaged they were. Challenge and Engagement Index items include the following (response options include a Likert scale ranging from 7 = Much higher, 4 = Average, and 1 = Much lower):
    • Do you expect your grade in this course to be
    • The intellectual challenge presented was
    • The amount of effort you put into this course was
    • The amount of effort to succeed in this course was
    • Your involvement in course (doing assignments, attending classes, etc.) was
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