Faculty Profile for Jennifer Jackson duBois

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Jennifer Jackson duBois
Associate Professor — English
phone: (512) 245-3652
Scholarly/Creative Work
Awards
Grants
Service

Biography Section

Biography and Education

 I am a novelist and Associate Professor of English, teaching undergraduate creative writing, MFA fiction workshops, and MFA literature seminars.

Research Interests

 I have written three award-winning novels. My debut, A Partial History of Lost Causes, was the winner of the California Book Award for First Fiction, the Northern California Book Award for Fiction, a Whiting Writers' Award, a National Book Foundation 5 Under 35 Award, and was a finalist for the PEN/Hemingway Award for Debut Fiction. My second book, Cartwheel, was the winner of the Housatonic Book Award fiction and was a finalist for the New York Public Library’s Young Lions Award. My most recent novel, The Spectators, earned recognition from the National Endowment for the Arts and the Civitella Ranieri Foundation. My writing has appeared in such publications as The New York Times, The Kenyon Review, The Missouri Review, Lapham's Quarterly, American Short Fiction, and The Wall Street Journal. I am currently at work on my fourth novel.

Selected Scholarly/Creative Work

  • duBois, J. J. (2019). The Spectators. New York, NY, United States: Penguin Random House.
  • duBois, J. J. (2023). The Last Language: An Excerpt. In The Last Language.
  • duBois, J. J. (2023, November). The Myth of Realism: Belief and Incredulity in Fiction. Poets & Writers.
  • duBois, J. J. (2023, November). Withholding and Revelation: Managing Information in Fiction. Poets & Writers.
  • duBois, J. J. (2023, November). Hearing Voices: Language and Characterization. Poets & Writers.

Selected Awards

  • Award / Honor Recipient: College of Liberal Arts Achievement Award for Excellence in Scholarly/Creative Activity, Texas State University College of Liberal Arts. August 2020
  • Award / Honor Recipient: Presidential Distinction Award, Texas State University. August 2019
  • Award / Honor Recipient: Williston Northampton School Trailblazer Award. May 2017
  • Award / Honor Recipient: Alpha Chi Favorite Professor Award, Alpha Chi. October 1, 2015
  • Award / Honor Recipient: Housatonic Book Award, Western Connecticut State University. January 2015

Selected Grants

  • duBois, Jennifer Jackson. National Endowment for the Arts Creative Writing Fellowship, National Endowment for the Arts, Federal, $25000. (Funded: 2018 - 2019). Grant.

Selected Service Activities

Officer
Literary Women in Action
November 2016-Present
Member
Judging of Clark Prize
August 2016-Present
Member
Therese Kaye Lindsey Committee
January 2016-Present
Editor
American Short Fiction
July 1, 2014-Present
Member
MFA Committee
August 1, 2013-Present