Amina Gautier
Scholar | Writer | Professor
Dr. Amina Gautier is a graduate of Stanford University, and the University of Pennsylvania. At Stanford, Gautier “co-termed” in English Literature i.e. simultaneously earned co-terminal bachelor and master’s degrees within four years’ time. At Penn, Gautier earned a master’s degree and a Ph.D. in English Literature. She held a Mellon Minority Undergraduate Fellow (now Mellon Mays Undergraduate Fellow) at Stanford University, a Fontaine Fellowship at the University of Pennsylvania, a Mitchem Dissertation Fellowship at Marquette University, and a Postdoctoral Fellowship at Washington University in St. Louis.
In addition to her short story collections, Gautier has published a record number of acclaimed short stories that have been published and extensively reprinted across numerous publications.
Professor Gautier has taught at the University of Pennsylvania, Marquette University, Saint Joseph’s University, Washington University in St. Louis, DePaul University. She is currently faculty in the MFA program at the University of Miami.
Amina Gautier is a Brooklyn-born native New Yorker who currently divides her time between Chicago and Miami.
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