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Jack J. Christian

Title: Senior Lecturer

Department: English

College: College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences

Curriculum Vitae

Curriculum Vitae Link

Education

  • MFA, University of Massachusetts Amherst, 2011
    Major: English
    Specialization: Creative Writing/Poetry
    Dissertation: New Revised Standard (collection of poems)
  • MA, Hollins University, 2003
    Major: English
    Specialization: Creative Writing
    Dissertation: Poetry Collection
  • BA, College of William and Mary, 2001
    Major: English
    Specialization: Literary and Cultural Studies

Current Scheduled Teaching

No current or future courses scheduled.

Previous Scheduled Teaching

ENGL 1320.707First Year Writing IISummer 10W 2024 Syllabus SPOT
ENGL 3160.003Beginning Creative Nonfiction WritingSpring 2024 Syllabus SPOT
ENGL 1320.010First Year Writing IISpring 2024 Syllabus SPOT
ENGL 1320.027First Year Writing IISpring 2024 Syllabus SPOT
ENGL 1320.707First Year Writing IISpring 2024 Syllabus SPOT
ENGL 3150.003Beginning Poetry WritingFall 2023 Syllabus SPOT
ENGL 1310.705First Year Writing IFall 2023 Syllabus SPOT
ENGL 1311.001Honors First Year Writing IFall 2023 Syllabus SPOT
ENGL 1311.002Honors First Year Writing IFall 2023 Syllabus SPOT
ENGL 1320.706First Year Writing IISummer 10W 2023 Syllabus SPOT
ENGL 3140.003Beginning Fiction WritingSpring 2023 Syllabus SPOT
ENGL 1321.001Honors First Year Writing IISpring 2023 Syllabus SPOT
ENGL 1321.002Honors First Year Writing IISpring 2023 Syllabus SPOT
ENGL 3150.004Beginning Poetry WritingFall 2022 Syllabus SPOT
ENGL 1310.018First Year Writing IFall 2022 Syllabus SPOT
ENGL 1310.020First Year Writing IFall 2022 Syllabus SPOT
ENGL 3150.001Beginning Poetry WritingSpring 2022 Syllabus SPOT
ENGL 1320.041First Year Writing IISpring 2022 Syllabus SPOT
ENGL 1321.001Honors First Year Writing IISpring 2022 Syllabus SPOT
ENGL 3140.003Beginning Fiction WritingFall 2021 Syllabus SPOT
ENGL 1310.044First Year Writing IFall 2021 Syllabus SPOT
ENGL 1310.071First Year Writing IFall 2021 Syllabus SPOT
ENGL 3160.002Beginning Creative Nonfiction WritingSpring 2021 Syllabus SPOT
ENGL 1310.026College Writing ISpring 2021 SPOT
ENGL 4951.706Honors College Capstone ThesisSpring 2021
ENGL 1310.047College Writing IFall 2020 Syllabus SPOT
ENGL 1310.077College Writing IFall 2020 Syllabus SPOT
ENGL 1310.701College Writing IFall 2020 Syllabus SPOT
ENGL 1310.702College Writing IFall 2020 Syllabus SPOT
ENGL 3996.701Honors College Mentored Research ExperienceFall 2020
ENGL 3160.002Intermediate Creative WritingSpring 2020 Syllabus
ENGL 2220.002Survey of World Literatures from 1700 to the PresentSpring 2020 Syllabus
ENGL 1325.004Writing About Literature IISpring 2020 Syllabus
ENGL 1325.005Writing About Literature IISpring 2020 Syllabus
ENGL 1310.041College Writing IFall 2019 Syllabus SPOT
ENGL 1310.043College Writing IFall 2019 Syllabus SPOT
ENGL 3140.001Intermediate Creative Writing: FictionFall 2019 Syllabus SPOT
ENGL 1315.009Writing About Literature IFall 2019 Syllabus SPOT
ENGL 1320.048College Writing IISpring 2019 Syllabus SPOT
ENGL 3150.004Intermediate Creative Writing: PoetrySpring 2019 Syllabus SPOT
ENGL 1325.002Writing About Literature IISpring 2019 Syllabus SPOT
ENGL 1325.005Writing About Literature IISpring 2019 Syllabus SPOT
ENGL 1311.001Honors Composition IFall 2018 Syllabus SPOT
ENGL 3150.003Intermediate Creative Writing: PoetryFall 2018 Syllabus SPOT
ENGL 1315.007Writing About Literature IFall 2018 Syllabus SPOT
ENGL 1315.009Writing About Literature IFall 2018 Syllabus SPOT

Published Intellectual Contributions

    Book

  • Christian, W.J. (2016). Domestic Yoga. 64. Roanoke, Virginia, Groundhog Poetry Press. https://www.groundhogpoetrypress.com/
  • Christian, W.J. (2012). Family System. (2012 Colorado Prize) 68. Fort Collins, Colorado, Center for Literary Publishing, University Press of Colorado. https://coloradoreview.colostate.edu/
  • Book Review

  • Christian, W.J. (2019). Constant Stranger: After Frank Stanford. Other. 24 (3) pp.46-47. Minneapolis, MN, Rain Taxi. https://www.raintaxi.com/volume-24-number-3-fall-2019-95/
  • Critical Interview

  • Christian, W.J. (2016). My Own Sad Kind of Little Prayer. Heavy Feather Review. https://heavyfeatherreview.org/2016/01/12/my-own-sad-little-kind-of-prayer-an-interview-with-gregory-lawless/
  • Journal Article

  • Christian, W.J., Christian, W. (2018). The Monuments Must Go: Reflecting on Opportunities for Campus Conversation. Southern Literary Journal. L (1) 47-56. Chapel Hill, North Carolina, Department of American Studies, University of North Carolina. https://southjournal.org/masthead/
  • Letter / Online Magazine Article

  • Christian, W.J., Christian, W. (2017). The Monuments Must Go: An Open Letter from the Great, Great Grandsons of Stonewall Jackson. Slate Magazine. https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2017/08/stonewall-jacksons-grandsons-the-monuments-must-go.html
  • Personal Essay

  • Christian, W.J. (2022). Blood Meridian: J. M. W. Turner in Texa.
  • Christian, W.J. (2021). In Search of Life as We Don’t Know It.
  • Christian, W.J. (2021). Let Us Now Celebrate the 7th Month of E-Learning.
  • Christian, W.J. (2019). University Policy Regarding Faculty Death. Other. New York, NY, Queen Mob's Teahouse. https://queenmobs.com/2019/11/satire-university-death-policy/
  • Christian, W.J. (2019). Can a Myth Grow Up: Frank Stanford at Second Sight. Other. Spring (2019) New York, NY, Publisher's Weekly. https://themillions.com/2019/04/can-a-myth-grow-up-the-poet-frank-stanford-at-second-sight.html
  • Poem

  • Christian, W.J. (2021). “After ‘Summer’s Day,’ “After ‘Landscape at Creuse,’” After ‘Nocturne: Forest Spires’” and “After ‘Nocturne: Trafalgar Square, Chelsea Snow’.
  • Christian, W.J. (2020). Child in a Boat with Geese. no. 1 (32) 1. Fayetteville, Arkansas, Typo. http://www.typomag.com/issue32/christian.htm
  • Christian, W.J. (2020). After the Storm. Spring 2020 (Spring 2020) 1. New York, New York, Barrow Street. http://barrowstreet.org/press/journal/
  • Christian, W.J. (2020). Night Porch. Spring 2020 (37) 2. Amherst, Massachusetts, Jubilat, University of Massachusetts Amherst. http://www.jubilat.org/jubilat/archive/issue37/night-porch/
  • Christian, W.J. (2020). Westminster Bridge, Parent and Child in a Meadow, Corner of the Woods. Colorado Review. Summer 2020 (SUmmer 2020) 5. Fort Collins, Colorado, Center for Literary Publishing, Colorado State University. https://coloradoreview.colostate.edu/books/colorado-review-summer-2020/
  • Christian, W.J. (2020). Windy Day in May, Blue Over Green, Walnut Trees at Sunset, Evening. Spring 2020 (15) 15-19. Kansas City, Missouri, Sprung Formal, Kansas City Art Institute. https://sprungformalkcai.wixsite.com/mysite/issue-15
  • Christian, W.J. (2019). Light Beyond the trees. Other. 2019 (Fall) Boston, MA, Sixth Finch. http://sixthfinch.com/christian4.html
  • Christian, W.J. (2019). The Flood at Port Marly. Other. Summer (2019) St. Louis, MO, The American Journal of Poetry. https://theamericanjournalofpoetry.com/v7-christian.html
  • Christian, W.J. (2019). 5 Poems After Art. Other. 29 (Spring 2019) Oxford, Mississippi, University of Mississippi. https://yr.olemiss.edu/piece/christian/
  • Christian, W.J. (2019). 2 poems. Other. 1 (17) North Adams, MA, Tupelo Press. http://www.tupeloquarterly.com/tag/jack-christian/
  • Christian, W. (2017). The Gift Economy. Trading the Mountaintop of the TV Room. Cambridge, Massachusetts, Pangyrus (onlin magazine). https://www.pangyrus.com/poetry/trading-the-mountaintop-for-the-tv-room-an-interview-with-jack-christian/
  • Christian, W.J. (2017). The Next Life. 1 (January 7, 2017) 1. New York, New York, New York Times Company. https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/06/magazine/jack-christian-the-next-life.html
  • Christian, W.J. (2016). The Cloud. 11/08/2016 23-24. Amherst, Massachusetts, University of Massachusetts Amherst.
  • Christian, W.J. (2016). A Song. H_NGM_N.
  • Christian, W.J. (2016). A Pond. 11 (11) 94. Kansas City, Missouri, Kansas City Art Institute. https://sprungformal.wordpress.com/
  • Short Story

  • Christian, W.J. (2021). Human Resources.
  • Christian, J. (2018). Going Guru. October 2018 (99) 5. Dzanc Books. http://thecollagist.com/the-collagist/2018/10/15/issue-ninety-nine.html
  • Christian, W.J. (2018). Concrete Deck. June 27, 2018 Atlanta, Georgia, The Fanzine, Fanzine Media Inc.. http://thefanzine.com/concrete-deck/

Contracts, Grants and Sponsored Research

    Grant - Teaching

  • Christian, W.J., "Micro-Mentoring Grant," sponsored by Office of Faculty Success, University of North Texas, $500 Funded. (2021 - 2021).
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    • The course as a whole was
    • The course content was
    • The instructor’s contribution to the course was
    • The instructor’s effectiveness in teaching the subject matter was
  • Challenge and Engagement Index:
    This rating combines student responses to several SPOT items relating to how academically challenging students found the course to be and how engaged they were. Challenge and Engagement Index items include the following (response options include a Likert scale ranging from 7 = Much higher, 4 = Average, and 1 = Much lower):
    • Do you expect your grade in this course to be
    • The intellectual challenge presented was
    • The amount of effort you put into this course was
    • The amount of effort to succeed in this course was
    • Your involvement in course (doing assignments, attending classes, etc.) was
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