Our Teachers
The Muse's instructors are all working writers and published authors who have taught courses at colleges, universities, and other community organizations. Read our teachers’ biographies and see what classes they are currently teaching.
Lisa Cooper
A long time student of The Muse, Lisa Cooper received her Master's Degree in Creative Writing and Adult Education with a concentration in Memoir from Seton Hill University. Trained and certified as a Peer Recovery Specialist in the state of Virginia, she developed The Muse's first Writing through Grief and Trauma class after working as a grief workshop facilitator. Before coming to The Muse to teach she worked as an adjunct at The College of William and Mary and at Paul D. Camp Community College in the English department. Her personal writing currently centers on slice-of-life pieces about her experiences as an EMT.
Current Classes Taught
Previous Classes Taught
- Creative Nonfiction & Memoir 1: Wednesday Mornings
- Dark Memoir
- Dark Memoir
- Dark Memoir
- Halloween Ghost Stories at Overture - Senior Outreach TAO
- Holiday Storytelling at Overture - Senior Outreach (TAO)
- Introduction to Creative Nonfiction & Memoir: Thursday Mornings
- Introduction to Memoir & Creative Nonfiction: Tuesday Mornings (Now Online)
- Introduction to Memoir & Creative Nonfiction: Wednesday Mornings
- Memoir 1: Wednesday Mornings
- Outlining Workshop for Writing Sanity
- The Creative Nonfiction & Memoir Workshop: Friday Mornings
- The Memoir & Creative Nonfiction Workshop: Monday Mornings
- The Memoir & Creative Nonfiction Workshop: Wednesday Mornings (Now Online)
- The Memoir Workshop: Thursday Mornings
- Tidewater Youth Services
- Writing about Sexuality in Memoir
- Writing Through Trauma and Grief
- Writing Through Trauma and Grief
- Writing Through Trauma and Grief: Sunday Evenings