Erin Striff

Education

PhD, University of Wales, Cardiff

BA, University of Pennsylvania

Erin Striff teaches creative writing, drama and literature. She received her BA in English and History from the University of Pennsylvania and her PhD in English from Cardiff University, Wales, UK. She is a playwright with two published works and many other produced plays; her work has appeared in several countries. Striff edited the book Performance Studies and has published a wide range of scholarly articles on theatre and performance.

Striff’s current focus is on fiction—she was awarded a 2025 Connecticut Artist Fellowship for her short stories, which have appeared in such journals as Split Lip Magazine, Booth, and The Forge Literary Magazine. She is currently working on a collection of short stories exploring what we owe each other in an environment diminished and compromised by our own impact.