Jennifer Phifer Strange

2911 Centenary Boulevard
Shreveport, Louisiana 71104
318.869.5073
jstrange@centenary.edu
http://personal.centenary.edu/~jstrange

Education

• MFA, Creative Writing (Poetry), University of Florida, 2001.
• BA, English (honors) with communication emphasis (summa cum laude), Centenary College of Louisiana (Shreveport, Louisiana), 1999.

Publications and Readings

• "Beauty in the Flood," lyrics commissioned for a choral composition by James Eakin in honor of the Centennial Celebration of Centenary College of Louisiana, debuted by the Centenary College Choir at Rhapsody in View, 1 November 2008.
• "Down the Sea's Throat, Singing," Christianity and Literature, 57.1 (Autumn 2007): 34.
• "Bradenton's Relic," Rock and Sling 4.1 (Summer 2007): 64-65.
• "Three Days After Easter, 1994," The Oxford American 55 (2006): 28.
• "The Women" and "Tuesday Matins," Pandora 2005.
• "Suzuki program breeds new generations of music lovers," The Times, 12 December 2004.
• "Call Me" and "Jeremiah," lyrics with Myles Roberts, Soul Still Remembers by The Critics, November 2004.
• Poetry reading, Arts on the Edge, Shreveport Regional Arts Council, 15 March 2003.
• Poetry reading, University of Florida Spring 2001 MFA Reading Series, Goerings Book Store.
• "DesertMan" and "Counted Among Them," lyrics with Myles Roberts, Twenty-One Even by Jolly Napier, November 2000.
• Poetry reading, University of Florida Fall 1999 MFA Reading Series, Goerings Book Store.

Presentations and Grants

• "Tell Me a Story: Redemptive History as the Overwhelming Narrative of Self and Sexuality," Southwest Conference on Christianity and Literature, Oklahoma Baptist University, 2-4 October 2008.
• "Women in Christianity and Islam," discussion co-leader, Christian-Muslim Relations sponsored by the Christian Leadership at Centenary College of Louisiana, 1 March 2008
• "Will the Green Lady Become a Self? The Dangers of Self-Consciousness in CS Lewis' Perelandra," C. S. Lewis, The Man and His Work: A 21st Century Legacy, Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary in Wake Forest, North Carolina, 26-27 October 2007.
• Coordinator, November 2006 Centenary visit by Attaway Scholar Lauren F. Winner.
• Coordinator, November 2004 Centenary visit by Debora Greger and William Logan, Attaway Fellows and joint recipients of The Corrington Award for Literary Excellence, including Greger's art exhibit "Daily Life in the Memory Palace" exhibited in the Anderson Choral Building Atrium.
• English faculty summer travel grant to walk Wainwright's Coast to Coast, Summer 2004.
• Lecture on Ellen Gilchrist's "The President of the Louisiana Live Oak Society," Centenary Muses' Spring 2004 Literary Series.
• Faculty summer grant award recipient, Centenary College of Louisiana, Summer 2002, to study early American advertising at Duke University's Hartman Center.
• Lecture on Kate Chopin's "A Pair of Silk Stockings" and "An Egyptian Cigarette," Centenary Muses' Spring 2003 Literary Series.
• Humanities panelist, Gulf States Colloquium on Faith and Scholarship (sponsored by InterVarsity Christian Fellowship at the Christian Study Center of Gainesville, Florida), 23 March 2002.
• Lecture on Elizabeth Spencer's "A Southern Landscape," Centenary Muses' Spring 2002 Literary Series.
• Lecturer, "Bishop and Moore: Letters and Poems," two-day seminar for Introduction to Literary Studies (Engl 171), Centenary College of Louisiana, Spring 2003.
• "T. S. Eliot, Quartet No. 2 in A minor, Op. 132," Alpha Chi Region II Conference, Spring 1998.

Academic Positions and Service

• Continuing Education Coordinator, Christian Leadership Center, Centenary College of Louisiana, July 2008-.
• Coordinator of Communications, Marketing and Communications and Office of the President, Centenary College of Louisiana, May 2003-June 2008.
• Faculty Secretary, Omicron Delta Kappa, Centenary College circle, 2006-2009.
• Adviser, Pandora, and Media Committee member, 2002-2008.
• Lecturer, Department of English, Centenary College of Louisiana, 2001-.
• Advanced Studies in Creative Writing (Engl 493: Independent Study)
• Writing for the Mass Media (Comm/Engl 316)
• Advertising and Public Relations (Comm/Engl 314W)
• Creative Writing (Engl 219)
• Communication for Business and the Professions (Busn/Comm/Engl 217)
• Advanced Rhetoric, Grammar, and Composition (Engl 212)
• The Fiction and Nonfiction of CS Lewis (English 201)
• Literary Masterworks in Twentieth-Century Poetry (Engl 201)
• First-Year Experience: Communities and Conflicts (FYE 101)
• Rhetoric I: Seminar in Rhetoric and Culture (Engl 101)
• Words! Images! Poetry! (Summer Exploration Camp 2004)
• Graduate Teaching Instructor, Department of English, University of Florida, 1999-2001. Courses taught: Beginning Poetry Writing (CRW 1301), Poetry Writing (CRW 2300), Expository and Argumentative Writing (ENC 1101), and Technical Writing (ENC 2210)

Affiliations

• Conference on Christianity and Literature, 2002-.
• Omicron Delta Kappa, national leadership honor society, initiated 1998.
• Alpha Chi, international academic honor society, initiated 1997.
• Sigma Tau Delta, international English honor society, initiated 1997.

last update 28 November 2007