Faculty Profile

Jill Talbot

Title
Associate Professor
Department
English
College
College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences

    

    

      


                          

            
Curriculum Vitae

            

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Education

            



  

  


  
MA, University of Colorado at Boulder, 2003. 
Major: Creative Writing
PhD, Texas Tech University, 1999. 
Major: English
Degree Specialization: American Literature and Film
Dissertation Title: This is Not an Exit: The Road Narrative in Contemporary American Literature and Film
MA, Texas Tech University, 1995. 
Major: English
BA, Baylor University, 1992. 
Major: English and History





          

        
                

          
Current Scheduled Teaching*


          
ENGL 6950.741, Doctoral Dissertation, Spring 2024 


          
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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.
  

        

      

    

  


    

    

      


        


          


            
Previous Scheduled Teaching*


            
                    

                    ENGL 3160.002, Beginning Creative Nonfiction Writing, Fall 2023 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    ENGL 6950.741, Doctoral Dissertation, Fall 2023 
                    

                    ENGL 5145.001, Form and Theory: Prose, Fall 2023  SPOT
                    

                    ENGL 3160.001, Beginning Creative Nonfiction Writing, Spring 2023 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    ENGL 5162.001, Creative Writing : Creative Nonfiction, Spring 2023  SPOT
                    

                    ENGL 6941.741, Directed Research, Spring 2023 
                    

                    ENGL 6950.741, Doctoral Dissertation, Spring 2023 
                    

                    ENGL 4120.001, Advanced Creative Nonfiction Writing, Fall 2022 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    ENGL 3160.002, Beginning Creative Nonfiction Writing, Fall 2022 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    ENGL 6941.741, Directed Research, Fall 2022 
                    

                    ENGL 6950.741, Doctoral Dissertation, Fall 2022 
                    

                    ENGL 4120.001, Advanced Creative Nonfiction Writing, Spring 2022 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    ENGL 5162.001, Creative Writing : Creative Nonfiction, Spring 2022 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    ENGL 6941.741, Directed Research, Spring 2022 
                    

                    ENGL 6950.741, Doctoral Dissertation, Spring 2022 
                    

                    ENGL 6950.750, Doctoral Dissertation, Spring 2022 
                    

                    ENGL 5950.741, Master's Thesis, Spring 2022 
                    

                    ENGL 4120.001, Advanced Creative Nonfiction Writing, Fall 2021 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    ENGL 3160.002, Beginning Creative Nonfiction Writing, Fall 2021 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    ENGL 6941.741, Directed Research, Fall 2021 
                    

                    ENGL 6950.741, Doctoral Dissertation, Fall 2021 
                    

                    ENGL 5950.741, Master's Thesis, Fall 2021 
                    

                    ENGL 4120.001, Advanced Creative Nonfiction Writing, Spring 2021 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    ENGL 5162.001, Creative Writing : Creative Nonfiction, Spring 2021 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    ENGL 6941.741, Directed Research, Spring 2021 
                    

                    ENGL 5950.741, Master's Thesis, Spring 2021 
                    

                    ENGL 4120.001, Advanced Creative Nonfiction Writing, Fall 2020 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    ENGL 3160.003, Beginning Creative Nonfiction Writing, Fall 2020 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    ENGL 5162.001, Creative Writing : Creative Nonfiction, Fall 2020 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    ENGL 6941.741, Directed Research, Fall 2020 
                    

                    ENGL 4120.001, Advanced Creative Writing : Non Fiction, Spring 2020 Syllabus
                    

                    ENGL 5162.001, Creative Writing : Creative Nonfiction, Spring 2020 
                    

                    ENGL 6950.750, Doctoral Dissertation, Spring 2020 
                    

                    ENGL 6950.741, Doctoral Dissertation, Fall 2019 
                    

                    ENGL 5145.001, Form and Theory: Prose, Fall 2019  SPOT
                    

                    ENGL 3160.002, Intermediate Creative Writing, Fall 2019 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    ENGL 4120.001, Advanced Creative Writing : Non Fiction, Spring 2019 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    ENGL 6950.750, Doctoral Dissertation, Spring 2019 
                    

                    ENGL 3160.002, Intermediate Creative Writing, Spring 2019 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    ENGL 4900.750, Special Problems, Spring 2019 
                    

                    ENGL 5162.001, Creative Writing : Creative Nonfiction, Fall 2018  SPOT
                    

                    ENGL 6950.750, Doctoral Dissertation, Fall 2018 
                    

                    ENGL 3160.002, Intermediate Creative Writing, Fall 2018 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    ENGL 5950.741, Master's Thesis, Fall 2018 
                    

                    ENGL 4120.001, Advanced Creative Writing : Non Fiction, Spring 2018 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    ENGL 6941.741, Directed Research, Spring 2018 
                    

                    ENGL 6950.750, Doctoral Dissertation, Spring 2018 
                    

                    ENGL 3160.003, Intermediate Creative Writing, Spring 2018 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    ENGL 5950.741, Master's Thesis, Spring 2018 
                    

                    ENGL 4900.750, Special Problems, Spring 2018 
                    

                    ENGL 4120.001, Advanced Creative Writing : Non Fiction, Fall 2017 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    ENGL 6941.741, Directed Research, Fall 2017 
                    

                    ENGL 6950.750, Doctoral Dissertation, Fall 2017 
                    

                    ENGL 3160.003, Intermediate Creative Writing, Fall 2017 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    ENGL 5950.741, Master's Thesis, Fall 2017 
                    

                    ENGL 5900.741, Special Problems, Fall 2017 
                    

                    ENGL 5162.001, Creative Writing : Creative Nonfiction, Spring 2017  SPOT
                    

                    ENGL 6950.750, Doctoral Dissertation, Spring 2017 
                    

                    ENGL 3160.003, Intermediate Creative Writing, Spring 2017 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    ENGL 5950.741, Master's Thesis, Spring 2017 
                    

                    ENGL 4900.750, Special Problems, Spring 2017 
                    

                    ENGL 4120.001, Advanced Creative Writing : Non Fiction, Fall 2016 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    ENGL 6950.750, Doctoral Dissertation, Fall 2016 
                    

                    ENGL 3160.001, Intermediate Creative Writing, Fall 2016 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    ENGL 5950.741, Master's Thesis, Fall 2016 
                    

                    ENGL 4120.001, Advanced Creative Writing : Non Fiction, Spring 2016 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    ENGL 3160.002, Intermediate Creative Writing, Spring 2016 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    ENGL 3160.003, Intermediate Creative Writing, Spring 2016 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    ENGL 4120.001, Advanced Creative Writing : Non Fiction, Fall 2015 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    ENGL 5162.001, Creative Writing : Creative Nonfiction, Fall 2015  SPOT

          


          
*
  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
Talbot, J. L. (2015). The Way We Weren't: A Memoir. Soft Skull Press. http://softskull.com/dd-product/the-way-we-werent/
Talbot, J. L. (2012). Metawritings: Toward a Theory of Nonfiction. University of Iowa. https://www.uipress.uiowa.edu/books/2012-spring/metawritings.htm
Talbot, J. L., Blackstone, C.  (2008). The Art of Friction: Where (Non) Fictions Come Together. University of Texas Press. https://utpress.utexas.edu/books/blafri
Talbot, J. L. (2007). Loaded: Women and Addiction. Seal Press. http://sealpress.com/books/loaded/



	
		
		
	  

	

	

  
    
	

	

	  

		

		   	
		
		
	  

	

	

	
	

  
  
  

  	

		

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  • Overall Summative Rating (median):
    
			This rating represents the combined responses of students to the four global summative items and is presented to provide an overall index of the class’s quality. Overall summative statements include the following (response options include a Likert scale ranging from 5 = Excellent, 3 = Good, and 1= Very poor):
				
      
					
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  • 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
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    • The intellectual challenge presented was
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