Matt Eighmy

Matt Eighmy

  • Graduate Student

Contact

meighmy@iastate.edu

515-294-2180

Ross
527 Farm House Ln
Ames IA
50011-1054

Bio

Matt Eighmy is a writer and educator from Rockford, Illinois. As an undergraduate student at the University of Southern California, Matt enjoyed leading backpacking trips into the wilderness, participating in creative writing workshops, and eating breakfast burritos on the beach. After graduating, he briefly lived in Madrid and then Seattle, working as a tutor, before returning to the Midwest. He earned a Master’s in Education from the University of Wisconsin, Madison, and then taught middle school English for four years in Chicago. Matt’s writing explores themes of spirituality, sexuality, mental illness, and love of the natural world.

Education

MS from University of Wisconsin-Madison, 2020, Education

BA from University of Southern California, 2016, English (Creative Writing)