Faulkner University

Wright, Jonathan

Assistant Professor

PhD Candidate, University of Alabama, 2005

MLA, Auburn University at Montgomery, 1998

BS, English, Troy State University of Montgomery, 1995

AA, Faulkner University, 1987

Areas of Interest:

Mr. Wright directs the Writing Center, located in the Brooks Hall Instruction Lab, and primarily teaches English courses.  His areas of specialization include medieval and early modern English literature with an emphasis in gender studies.  Other interests include poetry, short stories, and theatre.

Website:

Phone: (334) 386-7225

Office: 427 Brooks

Email: jwright@faulkner.edu

Here is additional personal information that you might need/want:

Married to Wanda M. Wright, former employee of Faulkner University.

Father of twin daughters, Eliana and Mikayla.

Attends Landmark church of Christ.

Here is additional information that you might need/want from my vita: 

Instruction Experience:

Developmental English                           Faulkner University                               FA 1996

English Comp. 1                                    University of Alabama                           FA 1999

Writing Center Tutor  (10 hrs weekly)    University of Alabama                           FA 1999

English Comp. 2                                    University of Alabama                           SP 2000

Writing Center Tutor (10 hrs weekly)     University of Alabama                           SP 2000

English Literature 1                               Faulkner University                               SU 2000

English Comp. 1                                    Auburn University Montgomery             SU 2000

American Literature 1                           Faulkner University – MEP                    FA 2000

English Comp. 1                                    Faulkner University – MEP                    SP 2001

English Comp. 2                                    Faulkner University – MEP                    SP 2001

English Comp. 1                                    Faulkner University – MEP                    FA 2001

English Comp. 2                                    Faulkner University – MEP                    FA 2001

English Literature 1                               Faulkner University – MEP                    SP 2002

English Literature 1 (2 sections)             Faulkner University                               FA 2003

English Literature 2 (2 sections)             Faulkner University                               SP 2004

Writing Center Director                         Faulkner University                               2003-2004

English Literature 1 (2 sections)             Faulkner University                               FA 2004

English Literature 2 (2 sections)             Faulkner University                               SP 2005

Writing Center Director                         Faulkner University                               2004-2005

Writing Center Director                         Faulkner University                               2005-2006

English Literature 1 (2 sections)             Faulkner University                               FA 2005

Western Cultural Heritage 2                   Faulkner University                               SP 2006

British Writers 1800-present                   Faulkner University                               SP 2006

Honors/Awards:

Benjamin B. Williams Scholarship                       Auburn University Montgomery             1995

Who’s Who Among Students . . .                       Auburn University Montgomery             1997

Hudson Strode Fellowship                                  University of Alabama                           1998

Hudson Strode Summer Research Grant                         University of Alabama                           1999

Publications:

Member of editorial team for Ambrose Bierce’s “An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge”: An Annotated Critical Edition.  Ed. Robert C. Evans.  West Cornwall, CT: Locust Hill, 2003.

Entries “John Day” and “George Cavendish” in Tudor England: An Encyclopedia. Eds. Arthur F. Kinney and David W. Swain.  New York: Garland, 2001.

Member of editorial team for Kate Chopin’s Short Fiction: A Critical Companion.  Ed. Robert C. Evans.   West Cornwall, CT: Locust Hill, 2001.

Contributor of literary analysis to Close Readings: Analyses of Short Fiction from Multiple Perspectives by Students of Auburn University Montgomery.  Ed. Robert C. Evans.  Montgomery, AL: Court Street, 2001.

Contributor of literary analysis to Frank O’Connor: New Perspectives.  Eds.  Robert C. Evans and Richard Harp.  Locust Hill Literary Studies 23.  West Cornwall, CT: Locust Hill, 1998.

Bibliography – “Ben Jonson in Recent General Scholarship, 1972-1996.” The Ben Jonson Journal.  Vol. 4, 1997.  151-179. (Co-author – John Burdett).

Contributor of literary analysis to Short Fiction: A Critical Companion.  Robert C. Evans, et al.  West Cornwall, CT: Locust Hill P, 1997.

Essay – “Moulsworth and the Fathers.”  “The Birthday of Myself: Martha Moulsworth, Renaissance Poet.  Eds. Ann Depas-Orange and Robert C. Evans.  Princeton: Critical Matrix, 1996. 

Seminars:

Attendee at U of Alabama’s Hudson Strode Lecture: “Why Surveys Matter: The Norton Anthology of English Literature. and the Emotion of Multitude,” given by renowned literary critic, author, and Norton Anthology editor Stephen Greenblatt.

Attendee at U of Alabama’s Hudson Strode Seminar Series: “Les Enfants Terribles” (Jan 2005)

Invited participant of the 1997 Pluralism Seminar (AUM), funded by the Mellon Foundation.

Participant of the Third Annual International Symposium on Language, Literature, History, and Culture at Gadsden State Community College (May 6, 1998) – Presented paper entitled “Flannery O’Connor and Her Gothic Contemporaries.”