Originally from Upstate New York, Assistant Professor in Residence Michael Chin has earned degrees from the State University of New York at Geneseo, Johns Hopkins University, and Oregon State University. He is a creative writer who has published two full-length collections of short fiction, You Might Forget the Sky was Ever Blue (Duck Lake Books 2019) and Circus Folk (Hoot 'n' Waddle Press 2019). His third book, The Long Way Home, is forthcoming from Cowboy Jamboree Press in 2020. He serves as a contributing editor for Moss, a literary journal of the Pacific Northwest.