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CURRICULUM VITAE

Angela D. Jackson-Brown7739 Ivy Dale Drive, Apartment B

Indianapolis, IN 46250

(502) 767-0738 (cell)[email protected]

E D U C A T I O N A L H I S T O R Y

MFA, Spalding University Dec 2009

Genre: FictionCreative Thesis: Wade in the water: A collection of short stories

Mentors: Rachel Harper, Jody Lisberger, Mary Yukari Waters and

Crystal Wilkinson

MA, Auburn University Dec 1996

Major: English

BS, Troy State University May 1992

Major: Business Administration

E M P L O Y M E N T

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR, 9/09-Present

English Department, Ball State University, Muncie, IN

Major Duties: Teach Freshman CompositionENG 103 & 104; Introduction to Creative Writing

ENG 285; Fiction WritingENG 307

Honors Program, Ball State University, Muncie, IN

Major Duties: Teach Honors 199

Writing Proficiency Program, Ball State University, Muncie, INMajor Duties: Teach WPP 393

INSTRUCTOR, 9/08-9/09English Department, Ball State University, Muncie, INMajor Duties: Teach Freshman CompositionENG 103 & 104; Introduction to Creative Writing

ENG 285; and Writing in the WorkplaceENG 231.
mailto:[email protected]:[email protected]


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INSTRUCTOR, 9/97-12/99

English Department, Troy State University, Troy, AL

Major duties: Teach Development English, Freshman Composition I and II, and World Literature

I and II.

GRADUATE TEACHING ASSISTANT, 9/94-9/97

English Department, Auburn University, Auburn, AL

Major duties: Teach Freshman Composition I and II and World Literature I

MARKETING AND PR EXPERIENCE

PARTNERSHIP DEVELOPMENT MANAGER, 9/05-7/08

Big Brothers Big Sisters of Kentuckiana, Louisville, KY

Major Duties: Write and distribute agency press releases for various functions to the media.Serve as agency spokesperson in accordance with crisis management manual. Oversee

development and implementation of volunteer recruitment and marketing plan. Supervise

marketing and special event staff, including temporary and regular staff (between 2-5), including

setting goals and evaluations. Provide support, direction, and motivation to volunteers,committees, board of directors and staff as assigned. Develops and implements tactical plan for

special event fundraising for Bowl for Kids Sake and Arbys Charity Golf Tour and other events

and strategies. Recruit, develop, and staff planning committees for both events. Developsponsorship opportunities and timed follow-up using board members and others as is

appropriate. Maintain positive relationships with partners and donors. Evaluates events and give

recommendations for improvement. Coordinate with branch offices giving guidance for

consistency in branding, timing, etc. Design, develop and coordinate all agency communicationsincluding newsletters, website, and other publications. Distribute TV and radio public service

announcements.

ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT TO EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, 8/03-2/05

Office of Institutional Advancement, Jefferson Community and Technical College, Louisville,

KY

Major Duties: Maintain contact with former donors and look for ways to help them remain

positive about Jefferson Community and Technical College so that they might consider making a

contribution to the college. Coordinate events related to fundraising. Maintain database of 500donors. Develop letters of gratitude for individuals who have participated in the Family

Campaign as well as other non-solicited opportunities. Provide the basic setup of Foundation

Board meetings and compile the minutes from the meeting.


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PROGRAM ASSOCIATE, 5/02-7/03

The Kentucky Foundation for Women, Louisville, KY

Major Duties: Manage the KFW grant program, provide technical assistance to grant applicants,

provide grant writing workshops, secure well-rounded judges who were qualified to judge in the

numerous genres of art that would be presented to them, provide oversight of all facets ofcomputer services and technology, design and/or oversee the design of all KFW publications.

ASSISTANT EDITOR/ RIGHTS AND PERMISSIONS MANAGER 9/00-2/02

Presbyterian Publishing Corporation, Louisville, KY

Major duties: Acquire books in the areas of African American Studies and General Religion,

maintain author database, screen unsolicited manuscripts, track activities of the senior editors,

act as liaison between editors and other major publishing departments such as Production andMarketing, respond to permissions request and contract files, maintain communication with

partner publishing houses and Westminster John Knox departments, prepare contracts and

necessary paperwork, maintain contact with authors, register copyright and maintain copyrightfiles, handle special projects on an as-necessary basisviz, permission gathering for extensive

anthology projects, electronic projects.

EDITORIAL ASSISTANT, 3/00-9/00

Presbyterian Publishing Corporation, Louisville, KY

Major duties: Maintain author database, screen unsolicited manuscripts, track activities of senioreditors, act as liaison between authors and editors.

DEPARTMENTAL SECRETARY, 11/90-7/93

Department of Human Services, Troy State University, Troy, AL

Major duties: Supervise office staff of support people, maintain all financial records for

department, maintain student records, act as liaison between faculty and students, assist facultywith all major writing projects such as writing budget requests and grant proposals.

CLERK TYPIST, 7/89-11/90

University College, Troy State University, Troy, ALMajor duties: Input students grades for overseas campuses; provide graduation checks for

graduating seniors.

P R O F E S S I O N A L A W A R D S & R E C O G N I T I O N S

Writing Program Outstanding Teaching Award, 2013P R O F E S S I O N A L A F F I L I A T I O N S / M E M B E R S H I P S

Member, Association of Writers & Writing Programs, Fall 2008-Present Member, Alabama Writers Conclave. Fall 2013Present.


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P R O F E S S I O N A L S E R V I C E S

Fiction Editor. 94 Creations. Spring 2013Present Member, The advisory committee for the Spalding MFA in Writing Program. Spring

2014Present.

S E R VI C E S T O B A L L S T A T E U N I V E R S I T Y

Discussion Leader. Claiming Our History: Reliving Critical Moments in Time. BallState University Honors Program. April 10, 2014.

Guest Judge. Contest. Odyssey Journal. Ball State University. Spring 2014. Mentor. Graduate Student. Fall 2013 Merit Committee, Fall 2012-Spring 2013. Advisor, Summer Orientation. 2011. Contract Faculty Steering Committee, Fall 2010-Present; Secretary, Fall 2011-2012. Reader, Writing Proficiency Exam. Fall 2010, Spring 2011 - Present. Freshman Common Reader Discussion Leader, Fall 2010 and Fall 2011. Participant, Faculty Seminar on Teaching First Year Students, Fall 2010 & Fall 2011.

P U B L I C A T I O N S

Novel:

Drinking from a Bitter Cup. Wido Publishing. 2014. Print/Online.Article:

Cohabitating Couples. Todays Woman. Louisville, KY. November 2001. Print.Plays:

Wrote Wade in the Water, Spring 2012. Public Reading held July 7, 2012 in Louisville,KY.

Poetry:

"we cut" and "Yearning for a Savior." When Women Wakens. Fall 2013. Online. "I Belong to Pan," "Real Talk About Back in the Day," and "Play Me One of Those Old

School Joints: And I'll Be Yours Tonight."Identity Theory. Fall 2013. Online.

Bacchus, Are You There. Toe Good Poetry. Fall 2013. Online. Frigid, Bitch, and Dry Bones. Uptown Mosaic Magazine.Summer 2012. Online. Hush and I am not Your Corporate Mammy. 94 Creations. Summer 2012. Print. Country Folk and Naked Communion. The 2009 Limestone Dust Poetry Festival

Anthology. 2009. Print.

Locks and Where the Music At.Pet Milk Literary Journal. 2009. Print. The American Dream. The Auburn Circle. Volume 24: 2. Spring 1997. Print.


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Short Stories:

Girl, Too.Blue Lake Review. September 2012. Online. ShhhhhhDont Disturb the Crazy People. The Louisville Review. Fall 2011. Print and

Online.

Serving Up Smiles.Muscadine Lines: A Southern Journal. 2010. Online. Something in the Wash.New Southerner, Literary Edition. Swallow Tail Press, 2010.

Print and Online.(Nominated for a PUSHCART PRIZE IN FICTION)

Still Climbin,Literary Leo. LEO Magazine. 2000. Print.P R E S E N T A T I O N S / R E A D I N G S / I N T E R V I E W S

Readings:

Panel Discussion on Teaching. Homecoming. Spalding University. May 31, 2014. Feature Reader. Celebration of Recently Published Books by Alumni. Spalding

University. May 30, 2014.

Feature Reader. Indiana Womens Prison. May 7, 2014.

Panel Discussion. Southern Kentucky Book Festival. April 26, 2014. Reader. ArtWalk Poetry Walk. March 13, 2014. Alumni Guest speaker. Ariton High School. March 11, 2014. Feature Reader. Writers Community Reading Series. Ball State University. January 23,

2014.

Feature Reader. Inky Reading Series. Louisville, KY. January 10, 2014. Feature Reader.New Southerner Literary Journal Reading. Louisville, KY. January 18,

2014.

Feature stories about me:

Dale Native to Hold Book Signing in Ariton, Ozark. Southern Star.March 5, 2014. Wiregrass Native Returns For Book Tour.Dothan Eagle. March 4, 2014. English Professor Debuts First Novel. The Ball State News. February 24, 2014. Interview: Angela Jackson-Brown, Author ofDrinking From A Bitter Cup.Identity

Theory. January 17, 2014.

Born To Write: Ball State Professors Novel Will Be A Legacy.Muncie Star Press.January 14, 2014.

Intern, Rhiannon Racy, Interviews Angela Jackson-Brown About Her Recent PushcartPrize Nomination.Ball State University English department Blog.November 10, 2011.

Interviews:

Discuss debut novel,Drinking From A Bitter Cup.Conversation Pieces with Cyrus A.Webb. Forthcoming in July 2014.

Discuss debut novel,Drinking From A Bitter Cup. Female View Broadcast Show.Forthcoming in July 2014.

Discuss debut novel,Drinking From A Bitter Cup. Wave Country with Dawne Gee.Wave Three Television. Louisville, KY. March 19, 2014.

Discuss debut novel,Drinking From A Bitter Cup. Accents Radio Interview. February 21,2014.


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Discuss debut novel,Drinking From A Bitter Cup. Ignite the Ink with Sonja DeVries.Louisville, KY. January 18, 2014.

Discuss debut novel,Drinking From A Bitter Cup. Rhymes, Views & News Talk Radio.December 21, 2013.

Papers: Something in the Wash at the Southern Womens Conference at Berry College in Fall

2009

Featured Poetry Reader for the InKY Reading Series on Friday, May 9, 2008. "Getting the Word Out!: Empowering Minorities to Play the Publishing Game to Win at

the National Association of African American Studies Conference in Houston, Texas,February 12, 2001

"Trippin' Over Standard English" at the Gulf Coast Conference on the Teaching ofWriting in Point Clear, Alabama, June 30, 1998

"Miss Lena Mae's Memories" at the Graduate Research Forum at Auburn University,Spring 1997.

"The Forgotten Poets: 19th Century Black Poets" at the National Association of AfricanAmerican Studies at Virginia State University, February 14, 1995.

Workshops:

Featured Author & Workshop Leader. Auburn Writers Conference. Auburn, AL.Forthcoming.

Guest Lecturer, Shaw University. March 27-28, 2014. Guest Lecturer, Auburn University. February 13, 2014. Call the Exorcist, Im Hearing Voices: Strategies for Writers to Get in Touch with Their

Characters Unique Voices. Graduation Lecture at Spalding University Fall 2009.

Effective ways to help students who write and speak Non-standard English at theDevelopmental English Workshop at Troy State University, December 1997

Volunteer Experience:

Teacher. Whitely Writers Group. Spring 2014Present. Volunteer. American Heart Association. Spring 2006-2010.

R E F E R E N C E S

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