Shamala Gallagher (she/they) has taught writing for over a decade in a variety of settings inside and outside of universities. She delights in getting to know applicants, hearing their visions and experiences, and crafting great application stories together. She holds a BA from Stanford University, where she received the Louis Sudler Prize for Excellence in the Arts; an MFA from the Michener Center for Writers at the University of Texas-Austin; and a PhD from the University of Georgia. She is the author of a poetry collection, Late Morning When the World Burns, and her essays and poems appear in many print and online venues, including Poetry, The Academy of American Poets Poem-a-Day, The Missouri Review, Shenandoah, The Rumpus, Gulf Coast, and multiple anthologies. Outside of work and writing, she can be found in Athens, Georgia, performing mad science experiments with her kids or waking at 5 a.m. to run.