Dr. Tom Noyes, Associate Professor of English and Creative Writing, teaches in the B.F.A. in Creative Writing program. He received his Ph.D. from Ohio University, his M.F.A. from Wichita State University and his B.A. from Houghton College.

Dr. Noyes has published two collections of short fiction, Spooky Action at a Distance and Other Stories (Dufour, 2008) and Behold Faith and Other Stories (Dufour, 2003). His work has garnered praise in such forums as The New York Times Book Review and Kirkus Reviews, and has been recognized with awards from AWP (The Association of Writers and Writing Programs), Stanford Libraries, Pennsylvania Council on the Arts and Penn State University’s Institute of Arts and Humanities. In addition, Dr. Noyes serves as Consulting Editor for Lake Effect, Penn State Behrend’s award-winning literary journal.