Erik Potter joined the Fellowships Office in September 2019. He holds a bachelor’s degree in journalism from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and a master’s degree in public affairs reporting from the University of Illinois at Springfield. A newspaper reporter for nine years, Erik came to Mizzou in 2012 as a staff writer for the university alumni magazine. He teaches a writing class in the School of Journalism and has won multiple writing awards.