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Ms. Raina J. Joines

Principal Lecturer

University of North Texas

Department of English

(940) 565-2050

Email: joines@unt.edu

Education

  • MFA, University of Florida, 1997
    Major: Creative Writing
    Specialization: Poetry
  • BFA, Wichita State University, 1994
    Major: Performing Arts (Theater)

Professional Positions

  • Affiliated Faculty, University of North Texas. University of North Texas. (2015 - Present).
  • Senior Lecturer, University of North Texas. University of North Texas. (2015 - Present).
  • Lecturer, University of North Texas. University of North Texas. (2007 - 2015).
  • Visiting Professor, Ramkhamhaeng University. Ramkhamhaeng University. (2013 - 2013).
  • Instructor, University of North Texas. University of North Texas. (2011 - 2011).
  • Instructor, Auburn University. Auburn University. (2002 - 2007).
  • English Tutor, University of Florida. University of Florida. (1997 - 2002).
  • Tutor / Instructor, University of Florida. University of Florida. (1997 - 2002).
  • Graduate Teaching Assistant, University of Florida. University of Florida. (1995 - 2002).
  • Graduate Teaching Assistant, Wichita State University. Wichita State University. (1995 - 1995).

Development Activities

  • Other (Lecture & Discussion), "Being Different: Turning Childhood Disabilities into Adult Gifts", Neurodiversity Professional Network & Faculty Success Anti-Bias and Cultural Awareness Speaker Series. Denton,TX,United States of America. (2021).
  • Workshop, Grantsmanship for the Arts and Humanities Workshop, Research & Innovation at UNT. Denton,TX,United States of America. (2021).
  • Other (Webinar), "Where do You Know From? Antiracist Pedagogies", Center for Literary and Comparative Studies, University of Maryland. United States of America. (August 24, 2020).
  • Tutorial, Remote Delivery Training, CLEAR at UNT. Denton,TX,United States of America. (May 2020 - May 2020).
  • Other (University Forum on Teaching & Learning), "The Science of Learning and Why it Matters", CLEAR at UNT. Denton,TX,United States of America. (May 2, 2019).
  • Other (University Forum on Teaching & Learning), "Teaching Counts! It's How You Play the Game", CLEAR at UNT. Denton,TX,United States of America. (April 17, 2018).

Teaching

Teaching Experience

    University of North Texas

  • ENGL 1310 - First Year Writing I, 22 courses.
  • ENGL 1311 - Honors First Year Writing I, 2 courses.
  • ENGL 1313 - Computer Assisted College Writing I, 3 courses.
  • ENGL 1320 - First Year Writing II, 19 courses.
  • ENGL 1321 - Honors Composition II, 3 courses.
  • ENGL 1325 - Writing About Literature II, 2 courses.
  • ENGL 2210 - Survey of World Literatures from Antiquity to 1700, 2 courses.
  • ENGL 2211 - Survey of World Literatures from Antiquity to 1700, 2 courses.
  • ENGL 2220 - Survey of World Literatures from 1700 to the Present, 17 courses.
  • ENGL 2221 - Survey of world literature since the Renaissance, 2 courses.
  • ENGL 2328 - American Literature from 1870 to Present, 6 courses.
  • ENGL 2341 - Forms of Literature, 10 courses.
  • ENGL 2400 - Literature, Media, and Popular Culture, 3 courses.
  • ENGL 2440 - Banned Books and Literary Scandals, 1 course.
  • ENGL 3000 - Introduction to Literary Analysis and Interpretation Skills, 5 courses.
  • ENGL 3150 - Intermediate Creative Writing: Poetry, 21 courses.
  • ENGL 3360 - Survey of Classical Literature, 2 courses.
  • ENGL 3450 - Short Story, 2 courses.
  • ENGL 3840 - American Literature 1870 to the Present, 7 courses.
  • ENGL 3924 - Women's Literature, 2 courses.
  • WGST 3720 - Women's Literature, 1 course.
  • WMST 3720 - Women's Literature, 1 course.

Teaching at Other Institutions

  • Ramkhamhaeng University, Introduction to English and American Literature, Summer 2013.
  • Ramkhamhaeng University, Masterpieces of World Literature, Summer 2013.

Directed Student Learning

  • Other (Undergraduate Research Fellowship), English. (2018 - 2019).

Awards and Honors

  • Advisor of the Year, Eagle Awards. (2021).
  • Nominated for Advisor of the Year Nomination, UNT Eagle Awards. (2019).
  • J.H. Shelton Excellence in Teaching Award, UNT. (2019).
  • Stevens Award for Outstanding Departmental Service, English Department. (2019).
  • Nominated for CLASS Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching Nomination, College of Liberal Arts & Sciences. (2018).
  • Nominated for Pushcart Prize Nomination, Chattahoochee Review. (2018).
  • Ulys & Vera Knight Faculty Mentor Award, University Faculty Awards, UNT. (2018).
  • Alice Mathews Lecturer Achievement Award, Department of English. (April 2017).
  • Nominated for Pushcart Prize Nomination, St. Katharine Review. (2017).
  • Vann Outstanding Lecturer Award, Department of English. (2016).
  • Resident Fellow, Lillian E. Smith Center.
  • First Honorable Mention, Dana Award in Poetry, Dana Awards. (2015).
  • Resident Fellow, Blue Mountain Center. (2015).
  • Resident Fellow, Hambidge Center for Creative Arts & Sciences. (2013).
  • Paul Mariani Fellowship, The Glen Workshop, Image. (2012).
  • Instructor Teaching Award, Dept. of English, Auburn University. (2007).
  • Instructor Teaching Award, Dept. of English, Auburn University. (2004).
  • College of Liberal Arts and Sciences Travel Grants, University of Florida. (2002).
  • Graduate Student Teaching Award, College of Liberal Arts & Sciences, University of Florida. (2002).
  • Graduate Student Council Travel Grants, University of Florida. (2001).
  • College of Liberal Arts and Sciences Travel Grants, University of Florida. (2000).
  • Graduate Student Teaching Award, Department of English, UF. (2000).
  • O. Ruth McQuown Women in Humanities Scholarship, University of Florida. (2000).
  • Outstanding Student Award, Department of English, UF. (2000).
  • College of Liberal Arts and Sciences Travel Grants, University of Florida. (1998).
  • Rebecca Porter Scholarship in Creative Writing, University of Florida. (1995).

Research

Published Intellectual Contributions

    Flash Fiction

  • Joines, R.J. (2022). Plenitude. Vol. II (No. 8) Pithead Chapel.

    • Personal Essay

  • Joines, R.J. (2021). Custom Cruise. (O.12) The Fourth River. https://www.thefourthriver.com/o10-content/2021/3/28/custom-cruise
  • Joines, R.J. (2020). What Happened on 12/21/19: The Neosho Battle for the Belt. Other. https://www.essaydaily.org/2020/01/what-happened-on-122119-timston-johnson.html

    • Poem

  • Joines, R.J. (2020). Embers. Other. 12 (Winter) 53.
  • Joines, R.J. (2020). Shadowcasting. Other. 22 (1) 1. https://www.valpo.edu/valparaiso-poetry-review/2020/12/08/raina-joines-shadowcasting/
  • Joines, R.J. (2019). Domestic Arrangement. (99) Painted Bride Quarterly.
  • Joines, R.J. (2019). Salvage. (99) Painted Bride Quarterly.
  • Joines, R.J. (2018). "My demented, mouth-slapping Muse". 38 (2-3) 119.
  • Joines, R.J. (2018). "Self-Portrait with Erato as My Reflection". Chattahoochi Review. 38 (2-3) 120.
  • Joines, R.J. (2017). "My Thinking". 1. Unlost Journal. unlostjournal.com/my-thinking-by-raina-joines/
  • Joines, R. (2017). "Murmur". 5 (2) 29. St. Katharine Review.
  • Joines, R. (2017). "Our Arrival in Moscow: 1st January, 1806". 5 (3) 14-15. St. Katharine Review.
  • Joines, R. (2017). "Second Shift". 5 (2) 29. St. Katharine Review.
  • Joines, R. (2017). "The Forerunner". 5 (3) 13. St. Katharine Review.
  • Joines, R. (2016). "Subtraction". 5 (1) 25. St. Katharine Review.
  • Joines, R.J. (2016). "Specialists". 11 (1) 85. Measure.
  • Joines, R. (2016). "Rabun Gap". 9 29-30. Grist: A Journal of the Literary Arts.

    • Short Story

  • Joines, R.J. (2019). Hauling It Up. (13) 75-77. I-70 Review.

Presentations Given

  • "Real in Memory as in Flesh: Nostalgia and the Fantastic Return in Brotherhood," The Society of Utopian Studies' 32nd Annual Conference, Toronto, Canada, October 2007., (2007 - 2007).
  • "Unbreakable? Utopian Fragments from an All-American Hero," The Society of Utopian Studies' 27th Annual Conference, Orlando, FL, October 2002., (2002 - 2002).
  • "Just Cities and the Exiled Citizen," SAMLA, Atlanta, GA, Nov. 2001., (2001 - 2001).
  • "The Lost Metropolis: Redesigning Law and Disorder in Kim Stanley Robinson's Three Californias," The Society of Utopian Studies' 26th Annual Conference, Buffalo, NY, October 2001., (2001 - 2001).
  • "Reciprocal Assimilations: The Cities of Something Else in Tiptree, Piercy, and Stephenson," The Society of Utopian Studies' 25th Annual Conference, Vancouver, B.C., October 2000., (2000 - 2000).
  • "Transient Politics," Inventing Social Justice: SSSP and the 21st Century, The Society for the Study of Social Problems, Washington, D.C., August 2000. (Recipient of the Al McClung Lee Fund Award), (2000 - 2000).
  • "The Borg: Feminist Utopias, Capitalism, & the Final Frontier(s)," Cyborg Rhetorics & Science Fictions (Panel Chair), Challenging Rhetorics: Cross-Disciplinary Sites of Feminist Discourse, The Second Biennial Feminism(s) & Rhetoric(s) Conf. Minneapo, (1999 - 1999).
  • "Ideology, the Classroom, and Staging the Break," Pedagogy of the Oppressed, Omaha, NE, March 1998., (1998 - 1998).

    • Oral Presentation

  • Joines, R. (Author & Presenter), "Take Note and Remember: The Commonplace Book and its American Descendants", "Lure and Loot: Poetry and Artistry from the Archives", National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH), Asheville, NC, United States of America. (2016).

    • Panel Presentation

  • Joines, R.J. (Author & Presenter), Bibliography Among the Disciplines, "The Scholar’s Art: Making & Mining Material Artifacts", Rare Book School, Philadelphia, PA, United States of America. (2017).

Artistic and Professional Performances and Exhibits

  • Other. Joines, R., "Art & Words Show", Art on the Boulevard, Ft. Worth, TX, United States of America. (2018).
  • Art - Exhibition, Group. Joines, R.J., ""Precursors to the Digital Age: Commonplace Books, Scrapbooks, and More"", Elizabeth Dunlap Patrick Gallery, South Carolina, United States of America. (2017).
  • Other. "Group Reading, Ghost Town Gallery & X Press", Denton, TX, (2015 - 2015).
  • Other. "Reading with Jane McAlevey", Blue Mountain Center, NY, (2015 - 2015).
  • Other. "Second Saturday Artist Talks", Hambidge Center, GA, (2013 - 2013).
  • Other. "Participant Reading, The Glen Workshop", Santa Fe, NM, (2012 - 2012).
  • Other. "Participant Reading, Tin House Summer Writer's Workshop", Portland, OR, (2012 - 2012).

Contracts, Grants, Sponsored Research

    Grant - Research

  • Joines, R.J. (Other), "Creative Writing Roundtable & English Lecturers Mentoring Group," sponsored by UNT Office for Faculty Success, University of North Texas, $4500 Funded. (2014 - 2015).

    • Grant - Teaching

  • Joines, R., "Course Design Institute," sponsored by Center for Learning Enhancement, Assessment, and Redesign, University of North Texas, $1500 Funded. ( - 2016).

Service

University Service

  • Other (Helping new Advisor learn the role), Consultant to NTR Advisor. (2023 - Present).
  • Faculty Advisor, North Texas Review. (August 2014 - 2023).
  • Committee Member, Ad Hoc Committee for Promotion. (September 2022 - October 2022).
  • Faculty Mentor, New Faculty Mentor. (August 2018 - August 2022).
  • Member, Ad Hoc Committee for Promotion. (2021 - 2021).
  • Member, Ad Hoc First Year Writing Committee. (2019 - 2020).
  • Co-Chair, Lecturer Personnel Affairs Committee. (2018 - 2019).
  • Other (Reviewer), TAMS Medical Society Medical Humanities Magazine. (2018 - 2019).
  • Faculty Mentor, Cross-Disciplinary Mentor. (2016 - 2019).
  • Member, Outstanding Lecturer Award Selection Committee. (2016 - 2019).
  • Member, Alice Mathews Lecturer Achievement Award Committee. (2018 - 2018).
  • Member, Lecturer Search Committee. (2018 - 2018).
  • Co-Chair, Ad hoc Lecturer Personnel Affairs Committee. (2016 - 2018).
  • Committee Member, Ad hoc Lecturer's Council Steering Committee. (2016 - 2018).
  • Committee Member, Conference Committee for "Monstrous Women in Comics". (2016 - 2017).
  • Committee Member, Women's Faculty Network Steering Committee. (2014 - 2017).
  • Other (Presenter), College Day, Department of English. (August 24, 2017).
  • Committee Member, Alice Mathews Lecturer Achievement Award Committee. (2015 - 2015).
  • Committee Member, Lecturer Search Committee. (2015 - 2015).
  • Committee Member, Distinguished Lecture Series. (2014 - 2015).
  • Program Coordinator, Lecturer Mentoring Group. (August 2014 - May 2015).
  • Other (Committee Member / STP Coordinator), Composition Curriculum Revision Project: Assignments & Secondary Texts. (2011 - 2012).
  • Other (Reviewer), Assessment Committee: Senior Level Assessment. (2010 - 2010).
  • Other (Syllabus Design), ENGL 1320 Pilot Program. (2010 - 2010).
  • Other (Coordinator), Communities of Practice. (2009 - 2010).
  • Other (Lead Teacher), AU English Department. (2005 - 2005).
  • Other (Lead Teacher), AU English Department. (2003 - 2003).
  • Other (Member / Annual Conference Organizer), MRG, University of Florida. (2000 - 2002).
  • UF English Graduate Organization. (2000 - 2001).
  • Other (Graduate Student Council Representative), UF Graduate Council. (1999 - 2001).
  • Other (Moderator), UF Graduate Student Forum. (2000 - 2000).
  • Other, UF Student Insurance Committee, Graduate Student Council. (1999 - 2000).
  • Other (Conducted LSAT workshop), OIR Reading & Writing Center. (1999 - 1999).
  • Other (Representative on Faculty Graduate Committee), UF English Graduate Organization. (1998 - 1999).

Professional Service

  • Other (Poetry Reviewer), Slice. (2018 - 2018).