Jessica Temple

Dr. Jessica Temple is Assistant Professor of Creative Writing, teaching creative writing and composition classes. She holds an MA in English from Mississippi State University and a PhD in Creative Writing—Poetry from Georgia State University. She is the author of Daughters of Bone (Madville Publishing, 2021) and Seamless and Other Legends (Finishing Line Press, 2013).

 

She serves as managing editor of Blackwater Review and faculty advisor for the Raider Writers. She is a QEP Scholar, Faculty Fellow, Learning Commons Scholar, and graduate of the President’s Leadership Academy. She also coordinates Red Cross blood drives on campus, leads weekly beach cleanups, fosters animals, and volunteers with several environmental organizations.