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Samantha Tetangco Ocena

Professional Title: 
Associate Teaching Professor of Writing Studies
Office: 
ACS 149
Areas of Study: 

Areas of Study: Fiction, Poetry, Creative Nonfiction, Soundwriting, First-year writing, Antiracist Pedagogy

Bio: 

Samantha Tetangco is a Filipino-American writer and teacher. Her poetry collection, Hope You Blend In: Studies of Color & Light, was a finalist for the 2023 National Poetry Series, and is forthcoming with Broadstone Books. A multi-genre writer, her poetry, short stories, and creative nonfiction have appeared in dozens of literary magazines, most notably, The Sun, Tri-Quarterly, Puerto del Sol, Zone 3, Gertrude, Foglifter, and Cimarron Review, among others. Sam has served as editor-in-chief for Blue Mesa Review, president of the AWP LGBTQ Writer's Caucus, and is co-director of Plume: A Writer's Companion, in which she was also co-host of Plume: A Writer's Podcast. She has an MFA in Creative Writing from the University of New Mexico and is an Associate Teaching Professor at the University of California Merced.