Education
Special Professional Degree
JD in Law
Univ of California, Berkeley, 1995
Master's Degree
MFA in English
University of Iowa, 1997
Bachelor's Degree
BA in English and Political Science
Stanford University, 1992
Featured grants
- Dorst, Douglas K. Presidential Excellence Grant. (Funded: 2009 - 2010). Grant.
- Dorst, Douglas K. Presidential Excellence Grant. (Funded: 2006 - 2007). Grant.
Featured scholarly/creative works
- Dorst, D. K. (2017). Where There Are Friends, There Are Riches (Season 1, Episode 7). In Z: The Beginning of Everything (Amazon Original Series).
- Dorst, D. K., & Abrams, J. J. (2013). S.: A Novel. New York: Mulholland/Little, Brown.
- Dorst, D. K. (2010). The Surf Guru: Stories. New York: Riverhead Books.
- Dorst, D. K. (2008). Alive in Necropolis (novel). New York: Riverhead Books.
- Dorst, D. K. (2024). El candidato en flor (Short story collection). Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain: Duomo Ediciones. Retrieved from https://www.duomoediciones.com/libro/el-candidato-en-flor/
Featured awards
- Award / Honor Nominee: International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award, Dublin City Council. 2015
- Award / Honor Recipient: Honorable Mention for PEN/Hemingway Foundation, PEN New England, Cambridge, Massachusetts. 2009
- Award / Honor Recipient: Finalist for Shirley Jackson Award, Readercon, Watertown, Massachusetts. 2009
- Award / Honor Recipient: One City, One Book: San Francisco Reads Selection (for Alive in Necropolis). 2009
- Award / Honor Recipient: Faculty Development Leave - Provost's Supplemental Funding, Texas State University - Provost's Office. January 2018 - May 2019
Featured service activities
- Other
MFA - Creative Writing
- Other
MFA - Creative Writing
- Chair
Clark Fiction Prize committee
- Member
English Department Endowment Committee
- Chair
M.F.A. Committee
- Member
Lindsey Literary Committee