Dr. Aisha Sabatini Sloan

Assistant Professor

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Biography

Aisha Sabatini Sloan is an Assistant Professor at the University of Michigan's LSA English Department and a faculty member in the Helen Zell Writers' Program. She has a diverse educational background, holding an MA in Studio Art with a focus on Cultural Studies from New York University's Gallatin School of Individualized Study and an MFA in Nonfiction from the University of Arizona. Aisha is the author of multiple works, including The Fluency of Light (University of Iowa Press, 2013), Dreaming Ramadi Detroit (1913 Press, 2017), and the forthcoming essay Borealis (Coffee House, 2021). Her collaborative work with her father, Captioning Archives (McSweeney's Publications, 2021), showcases her innovative approach to storytelling. Aisha's writing has been featured in prestigious journals such as Ecotone, Ninth Letter, Callaloo, Michigan Quarterly Review, Guernica, Paris Review, Vanity Fair, and Gulf Coast. She received the 2020 fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts and the 2021 National Magazine Award. Her work has been recognized through nominations for the Iowa Essay Prize and winning the Maggie Nelson award in the 1913 Open Prose Contest, as well as the CLMP Firecracker Award for Nonfiction in 2018.

Research Interests

Courses

ENGLISH 540-001 Topics Language Literature RCCORE 100-004 Year Seminar

Requirements for University of Michigan

Master Program
Requirements
GPA Requirement
Required:3.5
TOEFL
Total
Required:84
GRE General
Verbal
Required:155
Verbal Percentile
Required:50
Quantitative
Required:168
Quantitative Percentile
Required:50
Analytical Writing
Required:3.6
Writing Percentile
Required:50
Prerequisites
Bachelor degree in engineering, physics, or mathematics Calculus Physics
Application Checklist
  • Rackham Graduate School Application
  • Official Transcripts
  • 3 Letters of Recommendation
  • Academic Statement of Purpose
  • Personal Statement
  • CV/Resume
Specialization Notes

Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science