Here he teaches composition and creative writing at undergraduate and masters levels, directs a developing program in creative writing, and supervises a number of independent literary studies students at the maters level. He holds an MA in English along with a MFA in Playwriting from the University of Alberta, and is currently completing a PhD in Creative Writing at the University of Wales, Lampeter. Michael Lahey is a Professor of English at the University of Alberta. In 2002 he won a Canadian Research Chair Postdoctoral Fellowship and in 2003 a Faculty of Arts award for excellence in undergraduate teaching. His research interests include Faulkner, Atwood, Springsteen, Maria Campbell, and law literature.