Curriculum Vitae
Jessica Temple
Education
PhD, Creative Writing - Poetry, Georgia State University, 2015
- Dissertation: "Holes" (poems with critical introduction) Director: Beth Gylys
MA, English, Mississippi State University, 2011
- Creative Writing and TESOL Emphases
- Thesis: "A Drawing in of Air" (poems with critical introduction) Director: Catherine Pierce
BA, English, University of Alabama, 2001
Certifications
TESOL Certificate, Mississippi State University, 2011
Academic Appointments
Instructor of English, Alabama A&M University, 2016-present
Lecturer in English, University of Alabama in Huntsville, 2015-2016
Adjunct Instructor of English, Calhoun Community College, 2015-2016
Graduate Teaching Assistant, Georgia State University, 2012-2015
Adjunct Instructor of English, Saint Leo University, 2012-2015
Graduate Teaching Assistant, Mississippi State University, 2010-2011
Courses Taught
Creative Writing
Introduction to Creative Writing: Poetry
Reading in Literature and Culture II
American Literature I
American Literature II
Survey of 20th Century World Literature
Love and Desire in Literature
Monsters and the Monstrous in Literature
Basic English Composition
Developmental Writing
English Composition/Academic Writing I
English Composition/Academic Writing II
Freshman Honors Composition
Freshman Academic Core Enhancement
Areas of Scholarly Interest
Poetry, Creative Writing, Southern Literature, 20th Century American Literature
Poetry Collection
Seamless and Other Legends, Finishing Line Press, 2013 (also available on
Amazon)
Poetry Publications
"Ondria Tanner and Her Grandmother Window-shopping, Mobile, Alabama, 1956" and
"Picture of Two Girls Reading,"
Crab Orchard Review, forthcoming July 2017
"In Color," "Photo Shoot," and "Bearing,"
A Year in Review: Out Loud HSV 2016, January 2017
"Bearing," Over 35, Under Pressure Anthology, forthcoming in 2017; also featured
on the accompanying website, MotherShould?, January 2016
"Bearing," Stone, River, Sky: An Anthology of Georgia Poems, June 2015
"Witch's Milk," 44th Annual Agnes Scott College Writers' Festival Magazine, March 2015
"Seersucker," Blast Furnace, Volume 4 Issue 3
"Mālama," "My Grandmother Turns Eighty-Eight," "Two Descents," Canyon Voices,
Issue 10, Fall 2014
"Bearing," Aesthetica Creative Writing Annual, 2015 Edition
"Littoral, Thalassic, Pelagic," The Best of Loose Change, Volume 4.1
"Cleansing," "Littoral, Thalassic, Pelagic," "Mercy Breakfast" Loose Change, Volume 3.3
"Black Rabbit," "Anniversary," "Philitas of Cos," The Red Clay Review, Issue V
"Twisted," Birmingham Arts Journal, Volume 9 Issue 1
"2508 Circle Drive," decomP magazinE, March 2011
Academic Publications
"'My Old Lady': The Influence of Eudora Welty's Phoenix Jackson on Elizabeth Bishop's
'Faustina,'"
The Eudora Welty Review, June 2015
Course Syllabus and Writing Prompts Selected for Inclusion in Instructor's Guide
to
Everyone's an Author, W.W. Norton, 2015
Guide to First-Year Writing, Fountainhead Press, 2014, Editorial Staff
Guide to First-Year Writing, Fountainhead Press, 2013, Editorial Staff
Forming a Critical Perspective, Pearson Learning Solutions, 2010, Editorial Staff
and Teaching Apparatus Developer
Book Review and Interview Publications
Review of Tracing Southern Storytelling in Black and White by Sarah Ford, The Eudora Welty Review, June 2015
Featured Poet in "Author's Alcove" interview series, Canyon Voices, Issue 10, Fall 2014
Awards & Honors
The Brittingham & Felix Pollak Prizes in Poetry from University of Wisconsin-Madison,
Semi-Finalist for Daughters of Bone, 2016
League of Minnesota Poets 32th Annual Contest, 1st Place, John & Helen Pappas
Memorial Award for "Americana, Brazil," 2016
League of Minnesota Poets 32th Annual Contest, 3rd Honorable Mention, Lost in
Translation Award for "Dépaysement," 2016
Alabama State Poetry Society 2016 Fall Contest, 2nd Honorable Mention, The Poets'
Choice Award for "Ghosts Floated Through My Childhood"
Crab Creek Review Poetry Contest, Finalist for "In Color," 2016
The Poet's Billow Atlantis Award, Semi-Finalist, 2015
Agnes Scott Writers' Festival Contest, Finalist, 2015
Aesthetica Creative Writing Award, Finalist, 2015
Travel Scholarship to University of North Alabama Graduate Conference, 2014
Loose Change 2013 Poetry Contest, First Place for "Littoral, Thalassic, Pelagic"
Cotton District Arts Festival, Interactive Poetry Winner, 2011
Cotton District Arts Festival, Poetry Slam Winner for "Septic Shock," 2011
Readings
25th Poets' Choice, Huntsville Literary Association, Huntsville, Alabama, April 2017
Author Meet & Greet, Out Loud HSV, Huntsville, Alabama, March 2017
Robinson Jeffers Poetry Festival at Gorham's Bluff, Pisgah, Alabama, October 2016
Southern Authors Expo, Huntsville-Madison County Public Library, Huntsville, Alabama, September 2016
24th Poets' Choice, Hertha Heller Forum, Huntsville Literary Association, Huntsville, Alabama, January 2016
Out Loud HSV, regular reader at Open Mic and Slam Sunday events, Huntsville, Alabama, fall 2015-present
Afterthought: A Reading of the Graduates of the Creative Writing Department of Georgia State University, Atlanta, Georgia, May 2015
New South Presents, Atlanta, Georgia, May 2015
National Graduate Creative Writing Conference, University of West Georgia, Carrolton, Georgia, March 2015
New Voices Presents: The Rule of Threes: Death, Humor, and Repetition, Atlanta, Georgia, January 2013
Tertulia: An Open Invitation for Participants to Share Their Creative Works, Georgia and Carolinas College English Association Conference, Georgia Perimeter College, Clarkston, Georgia, January 2015
SAMLA 86 Open Mic Creative Readings, Atlanta, Georgia, November 2014
AJC Decatur Book Festival, Local Poetry Stage, Decatur, Georgia, September 2014
Vida Voce: a monthly reading + performance series featuring women, Atlanta, Georgia, May 2014
Featured Poet, Get the Word Out: Youth Poetry Open Mic, Atlanta, Georgia, April 2014
Loose Change First Print Edition: Vol. 4.1 Anthology Release Party, Atlanta, Georgia, March 2014
Host, New Voices Presents: Origins, Identity, and Authenticity, Atlanta, Georgia, February 2014
SAMLA 85 Open Mic Creative Readings, Atlanta, Georgia, November 2013
AJC Decatur Book Festival, Local Poetry Stage, Decatur, Georgia, September 2013
Host, New Voices Presents: Monsters, Villains & Aberrations, Atlanta, Georgia, January 2013
New South Presents, Atlanta, Georgia, December 2012
Afterword, Mississippi State University, Starkville, Mississippi, May 2012
Other Poetry Performances
"Anticipation" used in
Anticipation, a dance film by
Code f.a.d. Company, world premiere at the FAD Festival, The Cary Theater, Cary, North Carolina, April 2016
"2508 Circle Drive," "Anticipation," "Gregarious," and "Beach in Winter" used in
The Nature of Southern Legends, a dance film performed by the Panoramic Dance Project at North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina, March 2015
"Beach in Winter" and "2508 Circle Drive" used in
A Few Southern Legends, a multimedia, movement-based artwork performance by
Code f.a.d. Company at Movies by Movers IV at The South Eastern Center for Contemporary Art, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, December 2013
"Anticipation," "Beach in Winter," and "2508 Circle Drive" used in
Dear Nature, a multimedia, movement-based artwork performance by
Code f.a.d. Company at Artspace, Raleigh, North Carolina, September 2013
Academic Conference Presentations
"Thinking Outside the .Doc: Multi-Media Presentation Options in the Composition Classroom." Presented to the UA System Scholars Institute: "Exploiting Technology for Best Practices in Teaching and Learning," University of Alabama in Huntsville, Huntsville, Alabama, May 2016
"Recording Your Poetry: Why, How, and Where to Submit Your Work." Presented to the National Graduate Creative Writing Conference, University of West Georgia, Carollton, Georgia, March 2015
"Doctoral Programs: Ensuring a Successful Experience." Panel Discussion at University of North Alabama's English Graduate Conference, "Streams of Consciousness: Water, Sound, Land, Text," University of North Alabama, Florence, Alabama, February 2015
"Words as Culture, Words as Cure: The Functions of Language and Writing in The Fifth Book of Peace." Presented to University of North Alabama's English Graduate Conference, "Streams of Consciousness: Water, Sound, Land, Text," University of North Alabama, Florence, Alabama, February 2015
"Thoreau's Poetry of Friendship." Presented to "The Rule of Threes in 19th-century American Literary Works By Dickinson, Melville and Thoreau" panel of New Voices Graduate Student Conference, "The Rule of Threes: Death, Humor, and Repetition," Georgia State University, Atlanta, Georgia, February 2015
"If the Form Fits: Death and the Villanelle." Presented to "Repetition in the Poetry of Loss" panel of New Voices Graduate Student Conference, "The Rule of Threes: Death, Humor, and Repetition," Georgia State University, Atlanta, Georgia, February 2015
"Dunbar's Poetry: The Total Package." Presented to the Georgia and Carolinas College English Association Conference, Georgia Perimeter College, Clarkston, Georgia, January 2015
"The Personality of Place and the Other in Snyder's Myths and Texts." Presented to American Literature II Panel of SAMLA 86: Sustainability and the Humanities, Atlanta, Georgia, November 2014
"Unhappily Ever Afters: Elements of Enchantment in the Poetry of Stevie Smith." Presented to the Performing Gender: Cultural Ideals, Expectations, and Representations of Gender in American and British Culture Panel of SAMLA 86: Sustainability and the Humanities, Atlanta, Georgia, November 2014
"Women in Control: Battling the Poisons of Love on the Renaissance Stage." Presented to University of North Alabama's English Graduate Conference, "Love and Poison," University of North Alabama, Florence, Alabama, February 2014
"Fictionalizing the Facts: Changes in 'Where is the Voice Coming From?.'" Presented to the International Conference of the Eudora Welty Society, "'Everybody to their own visioning': Eudora Welty in the 21st Century," Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, April 2013
"'And a Mighty Thing It Is': Race, Class, and Civil Rights in Mother to Mother and 'Where Is the Voice Coming From?.'" Presented to New Voices Graduate Student Conference, "Monsters, Villains & Aberrations: A Conference of Dark Proportions," Georgia State University, Atlanta, Georgia, January 2013
"Reshaping the History of Disaster and Violence in Southern Poetry: Natasha Trethewey, Betty Adcock, and Kathryn Stripling Byer." Presented to the Western Illinois University English Graduate Student Organization Conference, "Intersections: Literature, Technology, Science," Macomb, Illinois, October 2011
Editorial Experience
Managing Editor, Touchdown Alabama Magazine, Tuscaloosa, Alabama, 2008-2010
and 2014-2016
Co-Director, melodically challenged syndicated poetry radio show, 2013-present
Editorial Staff, The Gear of Theta Tau, 2013-2016
Assistant Editor, Five Points: A Journal of Art and Literature, 2014-2015
Editorial Staff, New South, 2012-2013
Georgia State University
Guide to First-Year Writing Development Committee, 2013 and 2014
Editorial Staff, Jabberwock Review, 2010-2011
Developed teaching apparatus included in
Forming a Critical Perspective textbook, 2010
Other Work Experience
English as a Second Language Tutor, Listen & Learn Language, 2015
English as a Second Language Tutor, Language Trainers, 2013
Writing Tutor, Georgia State University Writing Studio, 2012-2013
Substitute Teacher, The Galloway School, Atlanta, 2012-2014
Subject and Personal Tutor, Mississippi State Athletic Academics, 2011
Writing Tutor, Mississippi State University Writing Center, 2010-2011
Office Associate, University of Alabama Department of Anthropology, 2008-2009
Marketing Intern, University of Alabama Press, 1999
Conference Administrative Experience
Treasurer, New Voices Graduate Student Conference, "The Rule of Threes: Death, Humor, and Repetition," Georgia State University, Atlanta, Georgia, February 2015
Panel Chair, "Repetition in the Poetry of Loss," New Voices Graduate Student Conference, "The Rule of Threes: Death, Humor, and Repetition," Georgia State University, Atlanta, Georgia, February 2015
Conference Staff Volunteer, SAMLA 86: Sustainability and the Humanities, Atlanta, Georgia, November 2014
Creative Writing Chair, New Voices Graduate Student Conference, "Origins, Identity, and Authenticity," Georgia State University, Atlanta, Georgia, January 2014
Moderator, "Identity and Origins in Postcolonial and Diasporic Literatures," New Voices Graduate Student Conference, "Origins, Identity, and Authenticity," Georgia State University, Atlanta, Georgia, January 2014
Moderator, "Lost in the Funhouse: Examining the Authenticity of Reality and Representation," New Voices Graduate Student Conference, "Origins, Identity, and Authenticity," Georgia State University, Atlanta, Georgia, January 2014
Panel Co-Chair, "Representations of Violence and the Writing of Disaster," Western Illinois University English Graduate Student Organization Conference, "Intersections: Literature, Technology, Science," Macomb, Illinois, October 2011
University Service Experience
Invited Speaking Engagement: Using MLA Style, presented to students and faculty at Alabama A&M University's Writing Center, February 2017
Invited Speaking Engagement: Harlem Renaissance Poetry, presented to students and faculty at Alabama A&M University's Writing Center, February 2017
Judge for University of Alabama in Huntsville Best in Poetry Contest, April 2016
Coordinated community celebration of National Day on Writing, University of Alabama in Huntsville, October 2015
Invited Speaking Engagement: Teaching Demonstration on Ad Analysis, presented to Composition Pedagogy class, Georgia State University, November 2014
Graduate Teaching Assistant Peer Mentor, Georgia State University, 2013-2015
Study Abroad Experience
Victorian Literature of the Underworld, London, England, Summer 2013
- month-long program
- sponsored by Georgia State University
- presented lecture to upper-level undergraduates and graduate students
Workshop Events
Write Now Workshop: Karma Rags, two day workshop on writing and performance lead by Kimberly Casey and Anna Sue Courtney, Out Loud HSV, Huntsville, Alabama, November 2016
Out Loud Outdoors, hike and writing exercise lead by Forest Greyson, Out Loud HSV, Huntsville, Alabama, October 2016
Robinson Jeffers Poetry Festival at Gorham's Bluff with workshop conducted by Barry Marks, Pisgah, Alabama, October 2016
Hello From Places I've Never Been — Writing Postcard Poems with Carolyn Adams, Austin International Poetry Festival, Austin, Texas, April 2015
What we Inherit, What we Build, and What is Left with Suzi Smith, Austin International Poetry Festival, Austin, Texas, April 2015
No Ideas but in Lines: The Units of Poetry with Allyson Whipple, Austin International Poetry Festival, Austin, Texas, April 2015
Small Group Workshop and Craft Talk with Tracy K. Smith, Agnes Scott College, Decatur, Georgia, March 2015
Specialized Training
Canvas, eCollege, Desire2Learn, Brightspace, and Blackboard online learning systems
SMART Board technology
Interactive Teleconferencing Education and Conferencing Halls (ITEACH) video
teaching & training (VTT) system
Developed content for online components of blended and enhanced courses
Completed Faculty Development Courses through Saint Leo University
- Collaborative Learning
- Developing & Teaching Blended Courses
- Modeling and Teaching Core Values
- Embedding Critical Thinking in Your Teaching
- My work was selected as a strong example for faculty and posted on Saint Leo's Quality Enhancement Program website as a sample class activity
Professional Affiliations
Huntsville Literary Association
The National League of American Pen Women, Huntsville, Alabama, Branch
Alabama State Poetry Society
Association of Writers and Writing Programs
Eudora Welty Society
Georgia State University Graduate English Association
Sigma Tau Delta International English Honor Society
South Atlantic Modern Language Association
Southeastern Writing Center Association
Theta Tau Professional Engineering Fraternity
Phi Sigma Pi National Honor Fraternity
Community Involvement
Poetry Out Loud Region 5 Competition, Anthology Poetry Recitation Judge, 2015 and 2016
Good Mews Animal Foundation, Inc., Clean and Feed Committee Co-Chair, 2013-present
Good Mews Animal Foundation, Inc., Clean and Feed Volunteer, 2012-present
Good Mews Animal Foundation, Inc, Grant Writer, 2012
Susan G. Komen 3-Day walker, 2012
Starkville Community Band, 2010-2011
