Faculty Profile

Rick Joines

Title
Senior Lecturer
Department
English
College
College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences

    

    

      


                          

            
Curriculum Vitae

            

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Education

            



  

  


  
PhD, University of Florida, 2001. 
Major: English
Dissertation Title: For Those with Ears to Hear: Emerson, Rhetoric, and Political Philosophy
MFA, Wichita State University, 1995. 
Major: Creative Writing: Poetry Thesis:"Translation: Poems"
BA, Western Kentucky University, 1990. 
Major: Religion and Philosophy, English minor





          

        
                

          
Current Scheduled Teaching*


          
ENGL 2326.001, American Literature, Spring 2024 Syllabus
ENGL 1310.006, First Year Writing I, Spring 2024 Syllabus
ENGL 1310.010, First Year Writing I, Spring 2024 Syllabus
ENGL 1311.001, Honors First Year Writing I, Spring 2024 Syllabus


          
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  Texas Education Code 51.974 (HB 2504) requires each institution of
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Previous Scheduled Teaching*


            
                    

                    ENGL 2326.002, American Literature, Fall 2023 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    ENGL 1310.001, First Year Writing I, Fall 2023 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    ENGL 1310.006, First Year Writing I, Fall 2023 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    ENGL 1310.044, First Year Writing I, Fall 2023 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    ENGL 1310.003, First Year Writing I, Spring 2023 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    ENGL 1310.006, First Year Writing I, Spring 2023 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    ENGL 1310.023, First Year Writing I, Spring 2023 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    ENGL 2341.001, Forms of Literature, Spring 2023 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    ENGL 3830.001, American Literature to 1870, Fall 2022 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    ENGL 1310.006, First Year Writing I, Fall 2022 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    ENGL 1310.023, First Year Writing I, Fall 2022 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    ENGL 1311.002, Honors First Year Writing I, Fall 2022 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    ENGL 1310.003, First Year Writing I, Spring 2022 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    ENGL 1310.010, First Year Writing I, Spring 2022 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    ENGL 2341.001, Forms of Literature, Spring 2022 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    ENGL 1310.013, First Year Writing I, Fall 2021 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    ENGL 1310.022, First Year Writing I, Fall 2021 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    ENGL 1310.057, First Year Writing I, Fall 2021 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    ENGL 1310.008, College Writing I, Spring 2021 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    ENGL 1310.014, College Writing I, Spring 2021 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    ENGL 1310.018, College Writing I, Spring 2021 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    ENGL 1310.022, College Writing I, Spring 2021 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    ENGL 1310.003, College Writing I, Fall 2020 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    ENGL 1310.065, College Writing I, Fall 2020 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    ENGL 1310.073, College Writing I, Fall 2020 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    ENGL 1310.074, College Writing I, Fall 2020 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    ENGL 1320.006, College Writing II, Spring 2020 Syllabus
                    

                    ENGL 1320.060, College Writing II, Spring 2020 Syllabus
                    

                    ENGL 1320.064, College Writing II, Spring 2020 Syllabus
                    

                    ENGL 1310.013, College Writing I, Fall 2019 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    ENGL 1310.019, College Writing I, Fall 2019 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    ENGL 1310.057, College Writing I, Fall 2019 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    ENGL 1320.050, College Writing II, Spring 2019 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    ENGL 4951.723, Honors College Capstone Thesis, Spring 2019 Syllabus
                    

                    ENGL 3000.004, Introduction to Literary Analysis and Interpretation Skills, Spring 2019 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    ENGL 3000.005, Introduction to Literary Analysis and Interpretation Skills, Spring 2019 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    ENGL 3000.006, Introduction to Literary Analysis and Interpretation Skills, Spring 2019 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    ENGL 4900.753, Special Problems, Spring 2019 Syllabus
                    

                    ENGL 3000.004, Introduction to Literary Analysis and Interpretation Skills, Fall 2018 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    ENGL 3000.007, Introduction to Literary Analysis and Interpretation Skills, Fall 2018 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    ENGL 2210.006, Survey of World Literatures from Antiquity to 1700, Fall 2018 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    ENGL 2210.009, Survey of World Literatures from Antiquity to 1700, Fall 2018 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    ENGL 3840.003, American Literature 1870 to the Present, Spring 2018 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    ENGL 3000.004, Introduction to Literary Analysis and Interpretation Skills, Spring 2018 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    ENGL 3000.005, Introduction to Literary Analysis and Interpretation Skills, Spring 2018 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    ENGL 2210.009, Survey of World Literatures from Antiquity to 1700, Spring 2018 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    ENGL 3840.002, American Literature 1870 to the Present, Fall 2017 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    ENGL 3000.004, Introduction to Literary Analysis and Interpretation Skills, Fall 2017 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    ENGL 3000.007, Introduction to Literary Analysis and Interpretation Skills, Fall 2017 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    ENGL 2210.009, Survey of World Literatures from Antiquity to 1700, Fall 2017 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    ENGL 1320.048, College Writing II, Spring 2017 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    ENGL 1321.002, Honors Composition II, Spring 2017 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    ENGL 2210.007, Survey of World Literatures from Antiquity to 1700, Spring 2017 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    ENGL 2210.009, Survey of World Literatures from Antiquity to 1700, Spring 2017 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    ENGL 3360.001, Survey of Classical Literature, Fall 2016 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    ENGL 2210.006, Survey of World Literatures from Antiquity to 1700, Fall 2016 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    ENGL 2210.010, Survey of World Literatures from Antiquity to 1700, Fall 2016 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    ENGL 2210.013, Survey of World Literatures from Antiquity to 1700, Fall 2016 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    ENGL 3923.001, American Jewish Writers, Spring 2016 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    ENGL 1320.047, College Writing II, Spring 2016 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    ENGL 2210.005, Survey of World Literatures from Antiquity to 1700, Spring 2016 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    ENGL 2210.007, Survey of World Literatures from Antiquity to 1700, Spring 2016 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    ENGL 1310.019, College Writing I, Fall 2015 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    ENGL 1310.035, College Writing I, Fall 2015 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    ENGL 2220.004, Survey of World Literatures from 1700 to the Present, Fall 2015 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    ENGL 2220.009, Survey of World Literatures from 1700 to the Present, Fall 2015 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    ENGL 4160.001, Advanced Expository Writing, Summer 5W1 2015 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    ENGL 1310.005, College Writing I, Spring 2015 Syllabus
                    

                    ENGL 1320.002, College Writing II, Spring 2015 Syllabus
                    

                    ENGL 1320.024, College Writing II, Spring 2015 Syllabus
                    

                    ENGL 2220.005, Survey of World Literatures from 1700 to the Present, Spring 2015 Syllabus
                    

                    ENGL 1310.014, College Writing I, Fall 2014 Syllabus
                    

                    ENGL 1310.038, College Writing I, Fall 2014 Syllabus
                    

                    ENGL 2210.007, Survey of World Literatures from Antiquity to 1700, Fall 2014 Syllabus
                    

                    ENGL 2210.009, Survey of World Literatures from Antiquity to 1700, Fall 2014 Syllabus
                    

                    ENGL 4160.001, Advanced Expository Writing, Summer 5W1 2014 Syllabus
                    

                    ENGL 1320.012, College Writing II, Spring 2014 Syllabus
                    

                    ENGL 1320.041, College Writing II, Spring 2014 Syllabus
                    

                    ENGL 1320.058, College Writing II, Spring 2014 Syllabus
                    

                    ENGL 3150.001, Intermediate Creative Writing: Poetry, Spring 2014 Syllabus
                    

                    ENGL 2500.002, Introduction to Literary Analysis and Interpretation Skills, Fall 2013 Syllabus
                    

                    ENGL 2500.005, Introduction to Literary Analysis and Interpretation Skills, Fall 2013 Syllabus
                    

                    ENGL 2210.006, Masterpieces of world literature from the Ancients Through the Early Renaissance, Fall 2013 Syllabus
                    

                    ENGL 2210.012, Masterpieces of world literature from the Ancients Through the Early Renaissance, Fall 2013 Syllabus
                    

                    ENGL 4160.001, Advanced Expository Writing, Summer 5W1 2013 Syllabus
                    

                    ENGL 1320.029, College Writing II, Spring 2013 
                    

                    ENGL 1320.061, College Writing II, Spring 2013 
                    

                    ENGL 4951.723, Honors College Capstone Thesis, Spring 2013 
                    

                    ENGL 3150.002, Intermediate Creative Writing: Poetry, Spring 2013 
                    

                    ENGL 2220.006, Masterpieces of world literature since the Renaissance, Spring 2013 
                    

                    ENGL 1310.015, College Writing I, Fall 2012 
                    

                    ENGL 1310.063, College Writing I, Fall 2012 
                    

                    ENGL 2500.002, Introduction to Literary Analysis and Interpretation Skills, Fall 2012 
                    

                    ENGL 2500.005, Introduction to Literary Analysis and Interpretation Skills, Fall 2012 
                    

                    ENGL 3360.001, Survey of Classical Literature, Summer 5W1 2012 
                    

                    ENGL 4951.719, Honors College Capstone Thesis, Spring 2012 
                    

                    ENGL 3150.001, Intermediate Creative Writing: Poetry, Spring 2012 
                    

                    ENGL 2210.001, Masterpieces of world literature from the Ancients Through the Early Renaissance, Spring 2012 
                    

                    ENGL 2210.004, Masterpieces of world literature from the Ancients Through the Early Renaissance, Spring 2012 
                    

                    ENGL 2210.009, Masterpieces of world literature from the Ancients Through the Early Renaissance, Spring 2012 
                    

                    ENGL 2210.002, Masterpieces of world literature from the Ancients Through the Early Renaissance, Fall 2011 
                    

                    ENGL 2210.003, Masterpieces of world literature from the Ancients Through the Early Renaissance, Fall 2011 
                    

                    ENGL 2211.001, Masterpieces of world literature from the Ancients Through the Early Renaissance, Fall 2011 
                    

                    ENGL 3360.002, Survey of Classical Literature, Fall 2011 
                    

                    ENGL 3360.001, Survey of Classical Literature, Summer 5W1 2011 
                    

                    ENGL 4160.002, Advanced Expository Writing, Spring 2011 
                    

                    ENGL 4160.003, Advanced Expository Writing, Spring 2011 
                    

                    ENGL 3150.003, Intermediate Creative Writing: Poetry, Spring 2011 
                    

                    ENGL 3360.001, Survey of Classical Literature, Spring 2011 
                    

                    ENGL 1310.007, College Writing I, Fall 2010 
                    

                    ENGL 1310.070, College Writing I, Fall 2010 
                    

                    ENGL 3830.002, Studies in American Literature to 1870, Fall 2010 
                    

                    ENGL 3360.001, Survey of Classical Literature, Fall 2010 
                    

                    ENGL 3360.001, Survey of Classical Literature, Summer 5W1 2010 
                    

                    ENGL 1320.040, College Writing II, Spring 2010 
                    

                    ENGL 1320.044, College Writing II, Spring 2010 
                    

                    ENGL 3150.002, Intermediate Creative Writing: Poetry, Spring 2010 
                    

                    ENGL 3360.001, Survey of Classical Literature, Spring 2010 
                    

                    ENGL 1310.022, College Writing I, Fall 2009 
                    

                    ENGL 1310.049, College Writing I, Fall 2009 
                    

                    ENGL 2211.001, Masterpieces of world literature from the Ancients Through the Early Renaissance, Fall 2009 
                    

                    ENGL 3360.002, Survey of Classical Literature, Fall 2009 
                    

                    ENGL 4160.001, Advanced Expository Writing, Summer 5W1 2009 
                    

                    ENGL 4160.002, Advanced Expository Writing, Spring 2009 
                    

                    ENGL 1320.014, College Writing II, Spring 2009 
                    

                    ENGL 1320.024, College Writing II, Spring 2009 
                    

                    ENGL 3360.001, Survey of Classical Literature, Spring 2009 
                    

                    ENGL 1310.014, College Writing I, Fall 2008 
                    

                    ENGL 1310.043, College Writing I, Fall 2008 
                    

                    ENGL 3150.004, Intermediate Creative Writing: Poetry, Fall 2008 
                    

                    ENGL 3360.001, Survey of Classical Literature, Fall 2008 
                    

                    ENGL 4430.001, Shakespeare, Summer 5W1 2008 
                    

                    ENGL 1320.001, College Writing II, Spring 2008 
                    

                    ENGL 1320.024, College Writing II, Spring 2008 
                    

                    ENGL 1320.053, College Writing II, Spring 2008 
                    

                    ENGL 3360.001, Survey of Classical Literature, Spring 2008 
                    

                    ENGL 1310.002, College Writing I, Fall 2007 
                    

                    ENGL 1310.006, College Writing I, Fall 2007 
                    

                    ENGL 1310.036, College Writing I, Fall 2007 
                    

                    ENGL 2211.001, Masterpieces of world literature from the Ancients Through the Early Renaissance, Fall 2007 

          


          
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  Texas Education Code 51.974 (HB 2504) requires each institution of
  higher education to make available to the public, a syllabus for
  undergraduate lecture courses offered for credit by the institution.
  

        

      

    

  

  
  	

	

	  

		

		   
Published Publications



  

  
Published Intellectual Contributions


  
Book
Joines, R. E. (2011). Paradeisos: A Poetry Chapbook. Anaphora Press. 
Book Chapter
Joines, R. E. (2017). "Turner Cassity,". Mississippi Encyclopedia. University of Mississippi Press. 
Joines, R. E., (2017). Yvor Winters. Routledge Encyclopedia of Modernism. 
Joines, R. E., Boyes, M., Scheckner, P.  (2008). "Seniors' Last Hour (ALCOA Aluminum, North Plant, Alcoa, TN),". The Way We Work: Contemporary Writings from the American Workplace.. Vanderbilt University Press. 
Joines, R. E. (2005). "Thom Gunn," in A Companion to 20th Century American Poetry. 
Joines, R. E. (2005). "Timothy Steele" in A Companion to 20th Century American Poetry. 
Joines, R. E., Kimmelman, B.  (2005). J. V. Cunningham. A Companion to 20th Century American Poetry.  NY: Facts on File, Inc. 
Book Review
Joines, R. E. (2023). Margaret H. Freeman, The Poem as Icon: A Study in Aesthetic Meaning. The Wallace Stevens Journal. 47(2), 2. 
Joines, R. E. (2018). Mr. Stevens' Secretary. The Wallace Stevens Journal. 
Joines, R. E. (2015). Of Man and Beast: on Mark Wunderlich’s The Earth Avails. Contemporary Poetry Review. Contemporary Poetry Review. http://www.cprw.com/of-man-beast-rick-joines-reviews-mark-wunderlich
Joines, R. E. (2014). Review of Rose McLarney, Its Day Being Gone [poetry]. The Rumpus. http://therumpus.net/2014/07/its-day-being-gone-by-rose-mclarney/
Joines, R. E. (2014). The Glam and the Gloom: On Cynthia Cruz's Wunderkammer. The Critical Flame. 
Joines, R. E. (2013). Review of Frederick Seidel, Nice Weather [poetry]. American Literary Review. http://joinesreviews.wordpress.com/2013/02/05/frederick-seidels-nice-weather/
Joines, R. E. (2012). Review of Charles Wright's Bye-and-Bye: Selected Late Poems. American Literary Review. http://joinesreviews.wordpress.com/2012/10/22/charles-wright/
Joines, R. E. (2011). Poetry Review: Ada Limon's Sharks in the River and Jennifer Boyden's The Mouths of Grazing Things. American Literary Review. http://joinesreviews.wordpress.com/2011/02/04/limon-and-boyden/
Joines, R. E. (2011). Review of Montaigne after Theory/Theory after Montaigne.. http://joinesreviews.wordpress.com/2011/07/19/montaigne-after-theorytheory-after-montaigne/
Joines, R. E. (2011). The Gravity and Levity of Kay Ryan
 Contemporary Poetry Review


Related Links:
http://www.cprw.com/rick-joines-the-gravity-and-levity-of-kay-ryan. http://http://www.cprw.com/rick-joines-the-gravity-and-levity-of-kay-ryan
Joines, R. E. (2011). Review of Close Calls with Nonsense, literary criticism by Stephen Burt. Southern Humanities Review. http://joinesreviews.wordpress.com/2011/05/01/close-calls-with-nonsense/
Joines, R. E. (2010). Poetry Review of The Hayflick Limit, poems by Matthew Tierney. 189-195. American Literary Review. http://joinesreviews.wordpress.com/2010/03/10/the-hayflick-limit/
Joines, R. E. (2009). Review of Dear Apocalypse, poems by K. A. Hays. 122-130. American Literary Review. http://joinesreviews.wordpress.com/2010/01/27/dear-apocalypse/
Joines, R. E. (2006). Review of Collected Works of Erasmus, Vol. 35: Adages III iv 1 to IV ii 100,. Bryn Mawr Classical Review. http://bmcr.brynmawr.edu/2006/2006-06-06.html
Joines, R. E. (2006). Review of Lichtenberg and the Little Flower Girl. Southern Humanities Review. http://joinesreviews.wordpress.com/2010/01/17/gert-hofmanns-lichtenberg/
Joines, R. E. (2006). Review of Minsk, by Lavinia Greenlaw, Ashes for Breakfast: Selected Poems, by Durs Grünbein, Full Speed Through the Morning Dark, by Matthew Tierney, and The Displaced of Capital, by Anne Winters. 195-206. Southern Humanities Review. http://joinesreviews.wordpress.com/2010/01/25/tierney-winters-greenlaw-grunbein/
Joines, R. E. (2005). Review of A Journey into Platonic Politics: Plato's Laws. Bryn Mawr Classical Review. http://joinesreviews.wordpress.com/2005/07/11/a-journey-into-platonic-politics/
Joines, R. E. (2005). Review of Horace (Ancients in Action Series). Bryn Mawr Classical Review. http://bmcr.brynmawr.edu/2005/2005-07-82.html
Joines, R. E. (2001). Review of Nietzsche's Corps/e: Aesthetics, Politics, Prophecy, or, the Spectacular Technoculture of Everyday Life, by Geoff Waite. 13(1), 111-15. Rethinking Marxism. http://joinesreviews.wordpress.com/2005/07/11/a-journey-into-platonic-politics/
Critical Review
Joines, R. E. (2017). The Free Jazz Collective -- Reviews of 14 free jazz albums and 1 book. freejazzblog.org
Joines, R. E. (2017). Dickey / Maneri / Shipp. Free Jazz Collective. http://www.freejazzblog.org/
Joines, R. E. The Wilderness, by Midday Veil. The Rumpus. The Rumpus -- Sound Takes. http://therumpus.net/
Journal Article
Joines, R.  (2023). The Opposable Thumb at the End of the Imagination. Erraticus: A Pragmatic Approach to Ideas. https://erraticus.co/2023/08/17/the-opposable-thumb-at-the-end-of-the-imagination/
Joines, R.  (2023). On the Something There Is. Erraticus: A Pragmatic Approach to Ideas. maybe. https://erraticus.co/2023/04/17/on-the-something-there-is/
Joines, R. E. (2000). "Emerson's Proleptic Eloquence,". Nineteenth-Century Prose. http://www.thefreelibrary.com/Emerson%27s+proleptic+eloquence.-a0188997942
Joines, R. E. (1999). Contretemps: Derrida’s Ante & the Call of Marxist Political Philosophy. Cultural Logic. http://clogic.eserver.org/3-1&2/joines.html
Personal Essay
Joines, R. E. (2022). Snow Day.  Ohio:. https://www.riverteethjournal.com/blog/2022/12/26/snow-day
Joines, R.  (2020). A Figure Like Your Father's. 3Elements Literary Review. (26), . http://3elementsreview.com/
Poem
Joines, R. E. (2023). Regards to Mrs. Church. The Wallace Stevens Journal. (47, 2), 1. https://wallacestevens.com/
Joines, R. E. (2023). Remember Me to Mrs. Church. The Wallace Stevens Journal. 47(2), 1. https://wallacestevens.com/
Joines, R. E. (2017). Against Self-Expression. The Southern Poetry Anthology: Volume VIII, Texas. 
Joines, R. E. (2017). Once More from the Hymnal. The Southern Poetry Anthology: Volume VIII, Texas. 
Joines, R. E. (2017). Pragmatic. The Southern Poetry Anthology: Volume VIII, Texas. 
Joines, R. E. (2016). No Feast Without a Slaughter. The New South. New South. (43), . http://www.uab.edu/cas/englishpublications/birmingham-poetry-review
Joines, R. E. Against Self-Expression. The Southern Poetry Anthology. VIII, .  Texas: Texas A&M University Press. http://www.southern-poetry-anthology.com/
Joines, R. E. Once More from the Hymnal. The Southern Poetry Anthology. VIII, .  Texas: Texas A&M University Press. http://www.southern-poetry-anthology.com/
Joines, R. E. Pragmatic. The Southern Poetry Anthology. VIII, .  Texas: Texas A&M University Press. http://www.southern-poetry-anthology.com/
Joines, R. E. The Incorrupt Hand of the Saint. Birmingham Poetry Review. Dappled Things. http://dappledthings.org/
Joines, R. E. (2015). Alcoa. Still: the Journal. 
Joines, R. E. (2015). Before the Grave of Niketas the Goth. Dappled Things. (17), . Still: The Journal. http://www.stilljournal.net/rick-joines-poetry.php
Joines, R. E. (2014). "South". Appalachian Heritage. Appalachian Heritage. http://pub.berea.edu/appalachian-heritage/
Joines, R. E. (2006). Seniors'Last Hour,". 
Joines, R. E. (2003). Poems: "Boxed Idiot Sun" and "Like Language,". Animus. 
Joines, R. E. (1995). "Translation,". Quarterly West. 
Joines, R. E. (1989). Two haiku in the Mainichi Daily News. http://mainichi.jp/english/english/features/haiku/



	
		
		
	  

	

	

  
    
	

	

	  

		

		   	
		
		
	  

	

	

	
	

  
  
  

  	

		

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