Curriculum Vitae

J T Masters

Rich Mountain Community College

1100 College Dr.

Mena, AR 71953

(479) 394-7622 ext. 1343

jmasters@rmcc.edu

Education

Master of Fine Arts: Creative Writing; McNeese State University, Lake Charles, Louisiana. 1999. Thesis director: Robert Olen Butler.

Master of Arts: English; McNeese State University, Lake Charles, Louisiana. 1997.

Bachelor of Arts: English; writing minor; University of Arkansas at Little Rock. 1994.

Teaching Experience

Rich Mountain Community College: Instructor: Technical Writing; Freshman Composition 1, 2; Basic English 1, 2; Introduction to Creative Writing; Creative Writing Workshop. Mena, Arkansas. Fall 1998 to present.

Anderson College: Instructor: Fiction Writing Workshop; Freshman Composition 1, 2. Anderson, South Carolina. Fall 1997, Spring 1998.

Piedmont Technical College: Instructor: Freshman Literature Survey. Greenwood, South Carolina; Fall 1997.

McNeese State University: Graduate Teaching Assistant (as Instructor):Freshman Composition; Freshman Literature; Remedial Composition and Remedial Grammar Courses. Lake Charles, Louisiana. 1994-1997.

Computer Experience

McNeese State University: computer lab/writing lab supervisor and network administrator: English Department computer lab, in charge of setting up and maintaining a 27-computer, Novell-linked network. Lake Charles, Louisiana. 1995-1997.

University of Arkansas at Little Rock: computer/writing lab tutor: English Department Macintosh computer lab. Little Rock, Arkansas. 1991-1992.

Other

Frazar Memorial Library, McNeese State University: Assistant in Archives/Special Collections Department, curating rare book collection and maintaining photograph collection; Lake Charles, Louisiana; 1996

Self-employed: freelance photographer. 1990-present.

Work in Progress

A collection of short stories entitled: Under the Mountain, and a book-length study of the heroic figure in the novels of Sir Walter Scott.

Activities

Publisher: The Rich Mountain Review, a yearly anthology of poetry and fiction. 2003-present.

Faculty Advisor: Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society. Rich Mountain Community College. 1999 to present.

Conferenced individually and workshopped with the following writers: Robert Olen Butler, John Wood, W.D. Snodgrass, X.J. Kennedy, Dave Smith, Paul Zimmer, Nicole Cooley, Anne Patchett, John Gregory Brown, and Bradford Morrow.