Skip to main content Dr. John M Blair
- University Distinguished Professor at English, College of Liberal Arts
Service Activities
Ongoing
- Member, Academic Governance Committee.
August 2021 - Present.
- Member, Texas State Family Campaign.
September 2018 - Present.
- Faculty Advisor, Novel Writers of Texas State University (student group).
October 2016 - Present.
- Faculty Advisor, Alpha Phi Omega service fraternity.
2012 - Present.
- Chair, Creative Writing Committee.
2002 - Present.
- Director, Undergraduate Creative Writing Emphasis.
2002 - Present.
- Member, Ex Officio, Advanced Studies Committee.
January 1, 2002 - Present.
- Member, TKL Steering Committee.
1995 - Present.
- Member, Sophomore Literature Committee.
1995 - Present.
- Member, Major/Minor Recruitment Committee.
1989 - Present.
2020
- Faculty Mentor, Tenure Track Faculty Mentor.
September 2015 - May 2020.
- Judge and Committee Chair, Texas Institute of Letters.
January 1, 2020 - March 1, 2020.
2018
- Panelist, Distinguished Research Panel at at the Tenth Annual TSU Research Conference for Graduate Students.
November 13, 2018.
- Member, Full Professor Annual Review Committee.
February 1, 2018 - March 13, 2018.
2017
- Member, Associate Professor/Assistant Professor Annual Review Committee.
January 1, 2015 - 2017.
- Final Judge, Associated Writing Programs Collegiate Poetry Competition - University of Memphis.
June 2017.
- Member, Online Courses Committee.
January 1, 2012 - May 2017.
- Member, Research Enhancement Program Committee.
January 1, 2010 - May 3, 2017.
2016
- Final Judge, Balcones Fiction Prize.
January 2016 - March 2016.
2015
- Judge, Texas Institute of Letters.
January 1, 2015 - March 1, 2015.
2008
- Member, Board of Trustees for the Katherine Anne Porter School.
2003 - 2008.
- Member, Friends of the Library service association.
2001 - 2008.
- Scoutmaster, Boy Scout Troop 357.
2001 - 2008.
2003
- Chair, Regional Fiction Writer's Section, South Central Modern Language Association.
2003.
