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
Lisa was a long time student of The Muse before receiving her MA in Creative Writing and Adult Education with a concentration in memoir from Seton Hill University. Trained and certified as a grief and recovery facilitator in the state of Virginia, she developed The Muse's first Writing through Grief and Trauma. Before teaching at The Muse she worked as an adjunct at The College of William and Mary and at Paul D. Camp Community College in the English departments. Her personal writing currently centers on slice-of-life memoir pieces and poetry about her experiences as an EMT and life as a mother of three boys. She is currently pursuing a PHd in Expressive Arts Therapy.
Current Classes Taught
Previous Classes Taught
- Armed Services Arts Partnership Fiction Creative Writing Class
- 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
- Memoir 1: Wednesday Mornings
- Memoir and Mental Health
- Memoir ExplorationÂ
- Memoir, Magical Art, and Mental Well-beingÂ
- 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 Inventory