Lisa Mangini

Professional Bio

Lisa Mangini is the author of five collections of poetry and short prose. Some of her work can be found in Huffpost, Ms. Magazine, McSweeney's, Mid-American Review, American Journal of Nursing, DIAGRAM, Memoir Mixtapes, and elsewhere. She founded Paper Nautilus, an independent chapbook press publishing over 40 titles of poetry, fiction, and literary non-fiction, and served as its Editor-in-Chief throughout the lifespan of the project (2011-2023). She directed Penn State's Red Weather Reading Series from 2017-2020, and was awarded the English Department's Lecturer in Teaching Excellence Award in 2020. She has served as the Department's Internship Coordinator since 2023. Lisa has taught a variety of both online and residential courses at Penn State, including first-year composition courses (ENGL 15, 15E, 137H/138T), Creative Writing (ENGL 212, 213, 215), Writing in the Humanities (ENGL 202B), and as a tutor in the Writing Center (ENGL 5). You can find her at lisamangini.com, chasing her preschooler, or knitting in public spaces.