Chair and Associate Professor, English
- MFA, University of Southern California, Creative Writing
- BA, University of San Diego, English
Brad Melekian has taught at USD since 2008, and began teaching while working full-time as a magazine editor and writer. Brad earned his MFA from the University of Southern California in 2008, and for 10 years, from 2003 to 2013, he was the Senior Editor at Surfer Magazine, and a correspondent at Outside magazine. His nonfiction writing appears frequently in a wide range of publications, including The New York Times, Outside, The Surfer’s Journal, and more. Professor Melekian teaches a wide range of creative writing and literature courses at USD, primarily in the nonfiction and creative writing sequences in the English Department, but he also teaches literature courses that focus primarily on contemporary fiction and nonfiction, nature writing, and cultural criticism. Professor Melekian is the Chair of the Department of English.