University Honors Program

Heather Altfeld, MFA

HNRS 101: Arts; and HNRS 390 and 391: Interdisciplinary Thesis or Creative Project
Outstanding Lecturer Award, 2020-2021

Heather Altfeld (Fisher) teaches in the Honors Program as well as the Department of Comparative Religion and Humanities department. Altfeld, an award-winning published poet and essayist, earned an MFA from Chico State and researches Children’s Literature, the role of photography in memory, the connections between anthropology and poetry, Waldorf education, and things that have vanished. In 2020-21, Altfeld received Chico State’s Outstanding Lecturer in Bringing the Profession to the Classroom Award.

Portrait of Heather Altfeld, MFA