Michelle Knapp MFA Writing Advisor | MedSchoolCoach

Michelle Knapp MFAWriting Advisor

Michelle is a current faculty member for the Writing Success Center at Chaffey College. She has also done technical writing work, publications, policies and procedures, and medical editing in the past. Michelle attended California State University Fullerton and Chapman University.

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Michelle Knapp earned her undergraduate degree in English from California State University Fullerton in 2005. She then went on to pursue graduate studies at Chapman University in Orange, California. In 2008, she earned a master’s degree in English and a master of fine arts in creative writing. Her creative writing thesis project was writing a full length novel. It took up a large part of two years, and taught Michelle a lot about herslef and what kind of writer she is.

For several years, she worked as a medical editor for worker’s compensation claims. Michelle then moved on to do publications work and technical writing for a career college. In 2018, she made a career change when she took a job at the writing center at Chaffey College.

Currently, she works as a faculty member in the Writing Success Center doing supplemental instruction. Michelle also teaches English composition at University of the People, a fully-online university.

Education

Undergraduate: California State University, Fullerton
Graduate: Chapman University

Fun Fact

As an undergraduate, Michelle Knapp worked at Disneyland at the Matterhorn attraction. Yes, there really is a basketball hoop at the top.

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