The Katie Jacobson Writer in Residence program honors beloved Creative Writing MFA alumnx Katie Jacobson (class of 2010) for her notable dedication to public literary engagement in Los Angeles. Thanks to the generous support of Katie’s family, the Creative Writing program is able to celebrate her memory each year by bringing a writer of great influence to campus and to the REDCAT theater in downtown Los Angeles for a lecture, a public reading and two days of intimate workshops with Cal Arts Creative Writing MFA students.