Academics
Lesley University, with its component undergraduate colleges, graduate colleges and institutes offers more than 20 undergraduate majors and over 90 Adult Bachelor's, Master's, Certificates of Advanced Graduate Study, and Ph.D. programs at its Boston and Cambridge campuses. The university also offers M.Ed. and Ed.S. programs at more than 150 learning sites in 23 U.S. states. Despite its changing demographic, Lesley is still known as an educator's college, with many New England educators at the K-12 and post-secondary levels choosing Lesley for their Master's, M.Ed. and Ph.D degrees.
Lesley University's Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing program is consistently ranked as one of the best low-residency MFA programs in the nation, and is unique in its requirement of students to study interdisciplinary aspects of writing, e.g. directed critical study, other genres of writing, specific author studies, study designed for educators, etc. Faculty include program director Steven Cramer, Jamie Brandi, Pat Lowery Collins, Thomas Sayers Ellis, David Elliot, Laurie Foos, Chris Lynch, Cate Marvin, Spencer Reese, Kyoko Mori, Kate Snodgrass, and Sinan Unel. Recent visiting writers and speakers at the residencies include Robert Pinsky, Maurice Sendak, Lois Lowry, Marie Howe, Louise Gluck, and David Ferry.
Lesley's program in creative arts therapies offers Master's and PhD programs in art therapy, dance therapy, music therapy, psychodrama, and intermodal expressive arts therapy. The program was established by Shaun McNiff, Paolo Knill, Peter Rowan, and others.
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