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Deshell, Jeffrey

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Research

research overview

  • I am a fiction writer who is interested in literature, fashion, music, painting, film, aesthetics and philosophy.

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  • fiction writing, modernist art and music and aesthetics, art film, philosophy and writing

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Teaching

courses taught

  • ENGL 3051 - Intermediate Fiction Workshop
    Primary Instructor - Spring 2018 / Fall 2018 / Fall 2019 / Spring 2020 / Fall 2020 / Fall 2024
    Intermediate course in fiction writing. May be repeated up to 9 total credit hours.
  • ENGL 3060 - Modern and Contemporary Literature for Nonmajors
    Primary Instructor - Fall 2019
    Close study of significant 20th-century poetry, drama, and prose works. Readings range from 1920s to the present.
  • ENGL 4051 - Advanced Fiction Workshop
    Primary Instructor - Spring 2018 / Spring 2019 / Spring 2020 / Spring 2021 / Fall 2021 / Fall 2024
    Advanced course in fiction writing. May be repeated up to 9 total credit hours.
  • ENGL 4830 - Honors Thesis
    Primary Instructor - Spring 2019 / Spring 2022
    Students accepted to English Departmental Honors are enrolled in this course.
  • ENGL 5239 - Fiction Workshop
    Primary Instructor - Spring 2019 / Fall 2020 / Spring 2023 / Spring 2024
    Designed to give students time and impetus to generate fiction and discussion of it in an atmosphere at once supportive and critically serious. Enrollment requires admission to the Creative Writing Graduate Program or the instructor's approval of an application manuscript. May be repeated up to 12 total credit hours.
  • ENGL 5299 - Studies in Fiction
    Primary Instructor - Fall 2021 / Spring 2024
    Addresses contemporary fiction, and/or literary works important for contemporary fiction. May be repeated for up to 6 total credit hours.
  • ENGL 5319 - Studies in Literary Movements
    Primary Instructor - Fall 2018 / Spring 2023
    Studies styles, trends, innovations and major writers in significant literary movements, particularly those after 1900, such as modernism and postmodernism. May be repeated up to 9 total credit hours.
  • ENGL 5559 - Studies in Special Topics 3
    Primary Instructor - Spring 2020
    Studies special topics that focus on a theme, genre, or theoretical issue not limited to a specific period or national tradition. Topics vary each semester. May be repeated up to 9 total credit hours.
  • ENGL 6959 - Master's Thesis
    Primary Instructor - Fall 2019 / Spring 2020 / Fall 2020 / Spring 2021 / Fall 2021 / Fall 2024
  • FYSM 1000 - First Year Seminar
    Primary Instructor - Fall 2019
    Provide first year students with an immersive experience in an interdisciplinary topic that addresses current issues including social, technical and global topics. Taught by faculty from across campus, the course provides students with an opportunity to interact in small classes, have project based learning experiences and gain valuable communication skills. Seminar style classes focused on discussion and projects.

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