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Dr. James P. Davis

Visiting Lecturer

University of North Texas

Department of English

Email: james.davis@unt.edu

Education

  • PhD, University of North Texas, 2024
    Major: English - Creative Writing

Teaching

Teaching Experience

    University of North Texas

  • ENGL 1310 - First Year Writing I, 7 courses.
  • ENGL 1320 - First Year Writing II, 9 courses.
  • ENGL 2100 - Introduction to Creative Writing, 1 course.
  • ENGL 2321 - British Literature, 1 course.
  • ENGL 3000 - Introduction to Literary Analysis and Interpretation Skills, 1 course.
  • ENGL 3150 - Beginning Poetry Writing, 1 course.
  • ENGL 3160 - Beginning Creative Nonfiction Writing, 5 courses.

Awards and Honors

  • Donald Justice Poetry Prize, West Chester University. (January 9, 2026).
  • Nominated for Granum Foundation Prize, Granum Foundation. (October 21, 2025).
  • Nonfiction Contributor, Sewanee Writers Conference, University of the South. (July 15, 2025).
  • Residency, Sundress Academy for the Arts. (October 2024).
  • Farmhouse Residency, Sundress Academy for the Arts. (May 4, 2025).
  • Anthony Hecht Poetry Prize, The Waywiser Press. (March 2020).

Research

Published Intellectual Contributions

    Academic Dissertation

  • Davis, J.P. (2024). "Bottoming for Dummies". University of North Texas Libraries. https://doi.org/10.12794/metadc2332629

    • Book

  • Davis, J.P. (2020). Club Q. The Waywiser Press.

    • Poem

  • Davis, J.P. (2025). Learner's Permit. ONE ART: A Journal of Poetry. oneartpoetry.com
  • Davis, J.P. (2025). A Story of the Lips. (59) Boston, Massachusetts, Salamander: A Magazine for Poetry, Fiction, and Memoirs. https://salamandermag.org/about-us/
  • Davis, J.P. (2024). "When I Was Straight". When I Was Straight: A Tribute to Maureen Seaton. Harbor Editions.

Media Contributions

    Other

  • ""Not an it gets better kind of poem: a conversation with James Davis and Jessica Hammack"," Poetry Medicine for the Soul. (February 26, 2025).