Dolapo Demuren

Dr. Dolapo Demuren (he/him) is a Nigerian-American writer from the Washington D.C. metropolitan area. He received his B.A. in Writing Seminars from Johns Hopkins University,  M.F.A from Columbia University and Ed.D from the University of Southern California. He is a 2025 Poetry Society of America Chapbook Fellowship Winner for his chapbook American Love Sonnets. His honors include a fellowship from the Cave Canem Foundation and The Academy for Teachers, as well as scholarships from the Bread Loaf Writers Conference and nominations for the Pushcart Prize. His poems and other writings are featured or forthcoming in the Adroit Journal, On the Seawall, Prairie Schooner, Prelude Magazine, The Maine Review and elsewhere. He teaches creative writing at the University of Maryland College Park, where he is currently the associate director of the Jiménez-Porter Writers' House.