Nicole Chakalis

Secretary
Email: nchakalis@colum.edu

Nicole Chakalis is the secretary of the Fiction Writing Department and holds an MFA in creative writing at Columbia College Chicago. She studied at the University of Havana and has received the Sylvia McNair Award for Travel Writing. Chakalis was also the recipient of a fellowship at the Ragdale Artists Residence and the Arts & Media Award for Excellence from Columbia College Chicago. She has been published in the Chicago Reader, the Chicago Journal, Hair Trigger 27, and Pigeon.