Van Jordan (born 1965, Akron, Ohio) is an American poet.
He is Collegiate Professor in the Department of English Language & Literature at the University of Michigan and distinguished visiting professor at Ithaca College.
He previously served as the first Henry Rutgers Presidential Professor at the Rutgers University-Newark.
He is the author of four collections: Rise (2001), M-A-C-N-O-L-I-A (2005), Quantum Lyrics (2007), and The Cineaste (2013).
Jordan's awards include a Whiting Writers Award, a Pushcart Prize and a Guggenheim Fellowship.