Meredith Whitaker is an Ohio-born essayist and emerging creative nonfiction writer currently pursuing her MFA in Creative Writing at The Ohio State University. She is working on a hybrid fiction/creative nonfiction novel exploring assisted reproductive technology and an essay collection examining the Midwest, identity, and illness. She serves as the Creative Nonfiction Editor of The Journal. Her critical work has also appeared in The Journal.

Whitaker has held an artist residency at Riga House, where she produced a multidisciplinary installation exploring the relationship between visual art and embodied creative nonfiction through paintings and essays. A first-generation college student, she graduated magna cum laude from The Ohio State University with a B.A. in English, concentrating in Creative Writing, and earned Research Distinction for her undergraduate thesis.

Her areas of interest include creative research, creative nonfiction craft, and lyric essay writing.

“Review of The Era of Discontent by Brianna Noll.” The Journal, 19 Apr. 2022.