Jennifer Ford

MFA Candidate
Graduate Instructor
Graduate Writing Consultant

Jennifer Ford is a first-year MFA candidate in Creative Nonfiction at the University of Kentucky. She is originally from Melbourne, Florida, and holds a BA in Sports Communication with a minor in Creative Writing from the University of Kentucky. Her work focuses on issues of addiction in families and relationships, and she is particularly interested in writing stories of how sport intersects with place-based writing. Jennifer is a Teaching Assistant and a Graduate Consultant for the Robert E. Hemingway Writing Center. 

Contact Information
Jnfo230@uky.edu
Education
B.A., Sports Communication, minor in Creative Writing, University of Kentucky, 2026.
Research Interests
  • Creative Nonfiction
  • Creative Writing
  • Place-Based Writing
Affiliations
  • English
  • The Writing Center
  • Writing, Rhetoric, and Digital Studies