Biography

B.A. Stanford University; M.Phil., University of Oxford

Heidi Stalla has taught writing courses to students at NYU's College of Arts and Sciences, as well as to Performing Arts students at the Tisch School of the Arts, winning departmental awards for Excellence in Teaching each year she has been in the program. Prior to coming to NYU, Stalla did her graduate work at Oxford University, where she was also Junior Dean of Exeter College. Her research focuses on the reception of antiquity in early 20th Century British literature, and in particular on the novels and essays of Virginia Woolf. Stalla also works with the tennis program at NYU Abu Dhabi. She coached tennis prior to coming to NYU, and was a member of Stanford University's NCAA National Championship Team in 1997.