B. A. Wells College, Aurora, New York, 1973
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1715 College Street (662) 846-7840 Cleveland, MS 38732 celkins@deltastate.edu Education: Doctoral work in English literature (33 hours), UTK, 1981-82, 1987-88 M.A. in English, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN, 1981 B.A. Wells College, Aurora, New York, 1973 Teaching Experience: 1989-present Assistant Professor of English, Delta State University Courses taught: Poetry Writing Workshop, British Literature, Modern Poetry, Modern Novel, Science Fiction, Shakespeare, Freshman Composition, Survey of Literature 1980-81 and 1987-88 Teaching Associate, Freshman composition and literature, University of Tennessee, Knoxville 1976-77 Instructor in English, University of Cuiabá, Mato Grosso, Brazil (Peace Corps) Honors and Awards: Grand Prize in Poetry in the Red Rock Review annual poetry competition for “High Lonesome,” and Honorable Mention for “Middle Texas,” 2001 Nominated for MIAL Poetry Book Award (Mississippi Institute of Arts & Letters), 2001
Mississippi Humanities Council teaching award, 1999 Pushcart Prize nomination in poetry, 1998 Winner, Poetry Slam, Wildacres Writers Workshop, 1996, 1997, and 1998 Book publications: Daedalus Rising, Emrys Press, Greenville, SC, 2002 Coriolis Forces, Palanquin Press, Aiken, SC, 2000 Journal publications: “After Taking My Son to the Airport,” “Beyond Deciphering,” “Between Sodom and Gomorrah,” and “Salome,” Birmingham Poetry Review, 2002 “Peripheral Vision” and “Plane Geometry,” Gulfstreaming, 2002 “Fireflies” and “Daedalus Rising,” Magnolia Heart-Songs: Seven Decades of Southern Poetry, 2002 “Lee, After the War,” American Studies in Scandinavia (Odense, Denmark), 2001 “High Lonesome” and “Middle Texas,” Red Rock Review, 2001 “New Moon” and “A Man Walks into a Bar,” Tar River Poetry, 2000 “Golden Road,” Tar River Poetry 20th Anniversary Issue: “Best of TRP,” 1998 “Autumn Woman,” Sunstone, 1998 “Blood,” Poems & Plays, 1998 “Fractals,” Passager, 1998 “For My Son,” Tar River Poetry, 1997 “Holding Back Darkness,” CEAMAGazine (College English Assoc.), 1997 “Golden Road,” Tar River Poetry, 1996 “Dark Window,” Astarte, 1996 “Ode on a Painted Gourd,” MCTE Journal, 1996 “Grandpa’s House,” North Branch, 1996 “Funeral” and “Baptism by Fire,” POMPA, 1996 “Violets,” Asheville Poetry Review, 1995 “The Drowning Beach,” New Delta Review, 1995 “For My Son,” North Branch, 1995 “Sunk into the Delta,” Distillery, 1994 “Listening to Terry,” MCTE Journal, 1994 “My Mother’s Smile,” Psychopoetica (Hull, England), 1994 “Fractals,” Earth News, 1994 “Balance,” North Branch, 1994 “Crossing” and “Dragonflies,” Aura Literary/Arts Review, 1993 “Listening to a Poet Reading,” Reflections, 1993 “Violets,” “Drowning Beach,” and “Dark Window,” POMPA, 1992 “Dragonfly,” MCTE Journal, 1992 Editing: POMPA (Publications of the Mississippi Philological Association), Poetry and Fiction editor, 1998-present Best of Poetry Night, editor, 1995-present Tapestry, guest editor, 1996 On the Way Home, Ruby Shoes Press, editor, 1995-96 Workshops taught: Summer Arts Program, 2-week-long poetry and fiction workshops, DSU, 2000-present Mississippi Poetry Society Spring Poetry Festival, Lake Tiak-O’Khata, 2000, 2002 Poetry workshops for MCCCWA, (Mississippi Community College Creative Writing Assoc.), Goodman, 2001 Poetry Society of Tennessee, annual workshops, Memphis, 2001 Poetry workshop for the Mississippi Literary Competition, St. Andrew’s School, Jackson, 1999 Summer Arts Program, week-long poetry workshop, DSU, 1999 Poetry workshops for MCCCWA, Decatur, 1998 1-day poetry workshop, Carrollton, 1998 Poets in Person, a 4-week program sponsored by the NEH, the American Library Assoc., and Poetry magazine, Indianola, 1997 Poetry workshops for MCCCWA, Fulton, 1997 3-week Poetry Workshop in Greenwood, 1997 Teaching Poetry Workshops, MCTE (Mississippi Council of Teachers of English), 1996 Poetry workshops for public schools grades 3-6 in Cleveland and Merigold, MS, 1993-96 Representative Readings: Visiting Poets Series, Catawba College, Salisbury, NC, 2002 Emrys Press Foundation, Featured Poet Reading, Greenville, SC, 2002 Lambda Iota Tau Honor Society, DSU, 2002 Mississippi Philological Association, annual conference readings, 1992-2002 Mississippi Poetry Society Spring Festival, Keynote Reading, 2002 Wildacres Writers Workshop, Little Switzerland, NC, annual readings, 1995-2002 “Visions, Voices, and Vistas” Conference, Moorhead, MS, 2001 Tennessee Poetry Society, Keynote Reading, Memphis, 2001 Summer Arts Program, Faculty Performance, DSU, 1999-2000 Inaugural Breakfast reading for President David Potter, DSU, 2000 Mississippi PENN Women, Drew, MS, 1998 SAMLA Poets (South Atlantic Modern Language Assoc.), Atlanta, 1997 Mississippi Community College Creative Writing Conference keynote address, Itawamba Community College, 1997 Asheville Poetry Festival, Asheville, NC, 1997, 1996, and 1995 Southern Writers Conference, Oxford, MS, 1996 Mississippi Council of Teachers of English, annual readings, 1993-96 Eudora Welty Festival, Old Capitol Building, Jackson, 1996 First Tuesday program, Delta State University, 1996 and 1993 Mississippi Council of Teachers of English Regional Conference, New Orleans, 1995 “The Poetry Show,” KABF radio, Little Rock, AR, 1995 American Association of University Women, Cleveland, 1991 Poetry Judging: North Carolina Writers Network Mary Belle Campbell Chapbook Contest (2002) Poetry Society of Tennessee Best of the Festival poetry contest (2001) North Carolina Writers Network haiku contest (2000) Mississippi Literary Competition in poetry (1999) MCCCWA poetry competitions (1997, 1998, 2001) Southern Voices poetry competition for MSMS (1998) Mississippi Girl Scouts poetry competition (1995) Workshops Attended: Wildacres Writers Workshop, Little Switzerland, NC, 1-week workshops each July, 1995-2002 Poets in Person Workshop, San Francisco, led by Joseph Parisi, 1997 Asheville Poetry Festival (studied with James Tate, 1996, and Yusef Komunyakaa, 1997) Ruidoso Writers Workshop (studied with Lee K. Abbott and Paul Zimmer), 1996 North Carolina Writers Conference (studied with Ellen Bryant Voigt, 1995, and Deborah Pope, 1996) Professional Service: University Committees and Service: Editorial Committee of the SACS self-study, 2002-present Student Publications Committee, 2000 – present; Chair, 2001-2002 Attendance Committee, 1991-1999 Co-editor, SACS self-study document, 1993-94 Division Committees and Service: Ellen Douglas Scholarship Committee, Chair, 1992-present Publications Committee, 1997-present; Chair, 2000-2001 Advisement Committee, 1991-present Masters Orals committees, 1997-2002 Composition Committee, 1991-1997 Host for visiting writers, 1996-2003
Parent-Student-Teacher Assoc., Cleveland 1997-2001 Chair, Scholarship Awards Committee, 1998-2001 Steering Committee, 1998-2001 Professional Memberships and Offices Held: South Atlantic Modern Language Association (SAMLA) SAMLA Poets panel, Executive Committee, 2001, 1998, 1997; Chair, 2000; Secretary, 1999 Mississippi Philological Association (MPA) co-chair of MPA annual conference, 2003 Associated Writing Programs Mississippi Writers Association Mississippi Poetry Society North Carolina Writers Network South Carolina Writers Network Directory: sacs sacs -> Academic Program Review sacs -> Enterprise-Ozark Community College sacs -> Fayetteville State University Department: Department of Mathematics and Computer Science Program sacs -> Academic program review self-study report department of Managerial Sciences sacs -> Date Submitted Date Funded sacs -> Gsu service/Education Center Review Survey sacs -> University police action plan (Immediate) Strategy sacs -> Senior Faculty Associate to the Provost One Park Place sacs -> Date qep activity Download 19.81 Kb. Share with your friends:
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