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
Featured grants
- duBois, Jennifer Jackson. National Endowment for the Arts Creative Writing Fellowship, National Endowment for the Arts, Federal, $25000. (Funded: 2018 - 2019). Grant.
Featured scholarly/creative works
- 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.
Featured awards
- Award / Honor Recipient: Writers' League of Texas Book Award Finalist, Writers' League of Texas. September 2024
- 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
Featured service activities
- Chair
Clark Prize Committee
- Graduate Advisor
Porter House Review
- Other
"Ambition, Identity and Connection: Artistic Journeys in Modern Life," Texas Book Festival
- Attendee / Participant
Clark Public Library's Evening with the Authors
- Member
Mentoring Committee
- Officer
Literary Women in Action