Jennifer Ellen Murphy Curriculum Vitae
Professional Summary:
I’ve taught lower-level creative writing and composition courses within and outside the university system for the past nine years. Some of my research interests include historical and contemporary queer fiction and poetry, examinations, evolutions, and representations of the domestic in literature, the female bildungsroman, Native American literature, and representations of gender performance in literature. I am currently working on a poetry chapbook that is thematically driven by cosmological occurrences analogous to the lesbian divorce experience, a collection of multi-length stories that examine heteronormative influences on lesbian interpersonal and institutional relationships, and a novel about stolen or “hot,” if you will, rocks. While I have extensive experience teaching lower-division writing courses, I hope to teach upper-level courses focusing on literary editing and publishing, protest literature, a survey of contemporary queer literature, and research methods for creative writers. Lastly, I hope to one day create writing programs for underserved youth to develop a positive relationship with writing and literature.
Education:
Ph.D. English Creative Writing, Fiction Concentration (Secondary focus in Poetry)
Georgia State University, Conferred Spring 2022
Atlanta Campus
Dissertation Title: No Boys Allowed
M.F.A. Creative Writing, Fiction Concentration
The University of Massachusetts, Spring 2016
Boston Campus
Thesis Title: Copper State
B.A. English Creative Writing, Fiction Concentration (Secondary focus in Poetry)
Summa Cum Laude, 3.90 GPA
Arizona State University, Fall 2012
Tempe Campus
A.A. General Studies, Concentration is Political Science & Philosophy
Graduated with Highest Distinction Honors 3.90 GPA
Phoenix Community College 2009
Phoenix Downtown Campus
Teaching Experience:
Fall 2022 – Present
Visiting Instructor, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA
Designed and instructed the following courses:
ENGL 1102 English Composition II
ENGL 1103 Honors Advanced Composition
Fall 2020 – Present
Adjunct English Instructor, Agnes Scott College, Decatur, GA
Designed and instructed the following courses:
ENG 110 The Craft of Writing
• In-person and online (synchronous modality)
ENG 201 Introduction to Fiction Writing
• Online (synchronous modality)
ENG 206 Creative Writing Multigenre (Fiction, Poetry, & Nonfiction)
• In-person
Fall 2017 – Spring 2022
Graduate Teaching Assistant, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA
Designed and instructed the following courses:
ENGL 1101 English Composition I
• In-person and online (synchronous & asynchronous modalities)
ENGL 1102 English Composition II
• In-person and online (synchronous & asynchronous modalities)
ENGL 3150B Introduction to Fiction Writing
• In-person and online (synchronous modality)
ENGL 3160 Narrative Techniques (Fiction)
• In-person and online (synchronous modality)
Spring 2014 – Fall 2016
Graduate Teaching Assistant, University of Massachusetts, Boston
Designed and instructed the following courses:
ENGL 210 Introduction to Creative Writing (Fiction & Poetry)
• In-person modality
Spring 2015
Poetry Instructor Baystate Correctional, Boston, MA
• Developed and instructed Creative Writing courses for inmates.
Fall 2014
Co-Facilitator with Changing Lives Through Literature, Boston, MA
• Developed and instructed English courses for parolees.
Administrative Experience:
Administrative Assistant with LDS at Georgia State University Summer 2018-Summer 2019
• Updated and maintained the English Department website as necessary.
• Coordinated CLEP exam schedule and distribution to professors for grading.
• Gathered and evaluated student transfer materials.
• Maintained correspondence with students to complete transfer portfolios.
Tutor at Georgia State University Writing Studio Fall 2017-Spring 2018
• Attended tutor workshop pedagogical sessions.
• Tutored students through online and in-person modalities.
Administrative Assistant with Arizona State University, English Department 2011-2012
• Created organization method for incoming MFA applications.
• Maintained contact with applicants to ensure all materials were submitted and applications completed.
• Maintained and updated Excel files logging MFA application materials.
• Provided interdepartmental mail courier service for English Department.
• Maintained literary and review library for English Department.
Internship with Piper Center for Creative Writing 2011-2012
• Read unsolicited submissions for Hayden’s Ferry Review (HFR)
• Read and wrote personal responses to the prisoner and k-12 student submissions to HFR.
• Participated in editorial meetings.
• Coordinated setup and breakdown for Desert Nights Rising Stars Writer’s Conference.
• Assisted visiting writers at conferences.
Editorial Experience:
New South Literary Journal Fiction Editor (Summer 2020 through Summer 2021)
• Read unsolicited and solicited works to evaluate whether these pieces would fit the journal’s needs and aesthetics for publication.
• Solicit material from known authors for contest judging and publication.
• Maintain correspondence and coordinate publication timeline with the editorial staff and authors.
• Proofread and copyedited all materials for publication.
• Drafted content materials for social media platforms.
• Adhered to the publication timeline and submitted all materials prior to the deadline.
Five Points Literary Journal Assistant Fiction Editor (2019-2020 & 2020-2021)
• Read unsolicited fiction submissions to evaluate whether these pieces would fit the journal’s needs and aesthetics for publication.
• Maintain correspondence with the editorial staff and authors.
• Drafted content materials for social media platforms.
• Adhered to the publication timeline and read all manuscripts prior to the deadline.
Arrowsmith Press Editorial Assistant (Fall 2015 through Fall 2016)
• Worked with Askold Melnyczuk (Founder of AGNI) and poet Melissa Green in the press’s first publication Magpiety: New and Selected Works by Melissa Green
• Read Green’s bibliography to select content for her collected works.
• Worked closely with Green in proofing and editing selected publication materials.
• Coordinated with press and printers.
• Promoted the book before publication by distributing press materials and advanced reading copies to various retail outlets and review committees at well-known media outlets and presses.
• Solicited Blurbs from well-known authors for final publication.
• Coordinated release and reading events with bookstores and other venues.
Fiction/Poetry Prize Judge Breakwater Review 2015 & 2016
• Evaluated contest submissions for publication (fiction & poetry)
• Selected top-tier submissions to send to final judges.
• Maintained Correspondence with editorial staff.
• Adhered to publication timeline and submitted all materials prior to the deadline.
• Maintained and organized Excel files for contest entries.
Hayden’s Ferry Review Literary Journal Fiction Reader (Fall 2012- Spring 2013)
• Read unsolicited fiction submissions for Hayden’s Ferry Review (HFR)
• Read and wrote personal responses to the prisoner and k-12 student submissions to HFR.
• Participated in editorial meetings.
Pedagogical Scholarship:
Georgia State University
• 2022 Small Teaching Workshop CETLOE
• 2020 Mastering Online Teaching Course through CETLOE
• 2019 Green Zone Training to Assist Military & Veteran Students Transitioning to Student Life LDS
• 2017 Composition Pedagogies Course through Georgia State University LDS
Agnes Scott College
• 2020 Online Course Design, Canvas and Zoom
• 2020 Inclusive Remote Pedagogies Course
Publications:
Fiction
• Fatal Flaw Literary Journal, Forthcoming April 2023, “Quitting for Beginners”
• Kenyon Review, May/June Issue 2018, “Wedding Story”
• The Breakwater Review, Issue 11, Fall 2015, “Boca”
• Write on the DOT, Issue 3, Spring 2014, “Just As Feral…”
• Superstition Review, Issue 14, Winter 2014, “Kissing Vertigo”
Grants, Awards, & Scholarships:
Georgia State University
• Advanced Teaching Fellowship (2021-2022 academic year)
• Paul Bowles Graduate Fellowship in Fiction Writing (2018-2019 academic year)
• 2019 & 2020 New Voices Conference Georgia State University
University of Massachusetts, Boston
• Mary Doyle Curran Scholarship in Creative Writing (2014-2015 academic year)
Arizona State University
• 1st Place (Scholarly Essay) Randel and Susan McCraw Helms Writing Contest, 2013
• 2nd Place (Fiction) Randel and Susan McCraw Helms Writing Contest, 2013
• Desert Nights, Rising Stars Writers Conference Scholarship 2012
• Glendon & Kathryn Swarthout Award in Creative Writing, 2010
24 Pearl Street Poetry Scholar
• 2016 Studied under Ada Limn
Tin House Summer Writer’s Workshop Scholar in Fiction
• 2015 Studied under Claire Vaye Watkins
• 2014 Studied under Elissa Schappell