Lee Griffith

Writing professor

Education

M.F.A., creative writing, University of Memphis
B.A., English, Middlebury College

Credentials

Professor of writing, Fall 2010–present, Savannah College of Art and Design, Savannah, GA
- Graduate coordinator, Department of Writing, 2016–present
- Professor of writing, SCAD Lacoste, France, 2013, 2014, 2020
- Co-editor, DOCUMENT, SCAD graduate literary journal, 2011–17

Adjunct assistant professor of writing studies and composition, 2009–10, School for University Studies, Hofstra University, Hempstead, NY

Managing editor, The Pinch, 2009

Awards, recognitions, and honors

Sabbatical Award, Researching, Writing, and Pitching the Family Memoir, Savannah College of Art and Design, 2025
Sabbatical Award, Crafting a Novel with Scrivener, Savannah College of Art and Design, 2017
Notable Essay of 2011, Best American Essays, HarperCollins, 2012
2011 Colorado Book Award Nomination, for inclusion in Fast Forward, Vol. 3, Contributor, 2010

Organizations

President, Flannery O'Connor Childhood Home Museum and Foundation, 2025–26
President, Art School Writing Faculty Caucus, The Association of Writers & Writing Programs (AWP), 2023–26
Member, The Author's Guild, 2018–present
Member, Yeats Society, 2011–present
Member, National Books Critics Circle, 2010–present

Publications and presentations

Dozens of interviews, essays, reviews, and short stories in Oxford American, South Carolina Review, Art + Auction, Modern Painters, and Publishers Weekly, among other magazines, journals, newspapers, and anthologies.