J. Melissa Blankenship

Lecturer, English
Whitewater Hall 278
(765) 973-8281
jomblank@iue.edu

Education

• MFA – Creative Writing, Murray State University, Murray, Kentucky
• BA – English,  Indiana University East, Richmond, Indiana

Current Creative Interests

Creative nonfiction, memoir, essay forms, poetry

Current Teaching Interests

First year composition, argumentative writing, introduction to fiction (lit), non-fiction (CW)

Recent Publications

• “This is Why” (under review
• “Touching Me:  A memoir” (under review)
• “Thelma’s War” (under review)
• “Conversations with Michael”  (under review)
• Harris, Sarah, Perkins, Tanya, & J. Melissa Blankenship.  “Embedding Success:  Supplemental Instruction in Online Writing Instruction”. Best Practices in Online Teaching & Learning Across Disciplines.  George Mason University Press, 2017.
• “Casting the Net”.  Canyon Voices – Online Literary Magazine. Phoenix, Arizona: Arizona State University, Spring 2015. Web.
• “Amozoc Irons [rev]”.  Pressing News. Flushing, NY: Pressing Irons and Trivet Collectors of America [PITCA], September 2013. Print.
• “Collections de fers à repasser anciens Les fers mexicains AMOZOC”.  Les Articles sur fers-anciens-de-collection.com, February 2012. Web.
•  Rev. of The Memory Palace, by Mira Bartók.  New Madrid: Journal of Contemporary Literature Summer 2011: 116. Print.

Recent Presentations

• “Casting the Net” and other readings from “Touching Me”, HSS Research Presentation, English Department, IUE Campus, 23 Oct. 2015

Selected Previous Employment Positions

• Visiting Instructor of English, Indiana University East, August 2013-May 2015
• Adjunct Instructor of English, Indiana University East, Fall 2006-May 2013