Aaron Poochigian attended Moorhead State University in Moorhead, Minnesota from 1991 to 1996 where he studied under the poets Dave Mason, Alan Sullivan and Tim Murphy. He entered graduate school for Classics in 1997 at the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities. After travelling and doing research in Greece on fellowship during 2003—4, he earned his PhD in 2006. His original poems have appeared in such journals as "Arion", "The Dark Horse" and "Poetry Magazine".
