Education:

B.A. University of Georgia (1974)

MFA University of North Carolina Greensboro (1976)

Recent Teaching:

Language 120: Foundations of Academic Writing

Language 260: Introduction to Creative Writing

Humanities 124: The Ancient World

Contact information:
Office:  236 Karpen Hall
Office Phone:  (828)251-6601

 jdriggers@unca.edu

http://facstaff.unca.edu/jdrigger/

Publications/Productions/Awards

"Outwit, Outlast, Outplay" - Reality TV and Medieval Text -

Co-authored article with Dr. Cynthia Ho - Palgrave Publishing, 2005.

"Bliss" - Winner, Black Mountain Arts Council Short Story Competition, 2003.

Food and travel writer for montly publication of Santa Barbara Magazine 

Santa Barbara, CA. 1985-1992.

Personal statement:

As a writing teacher, I think it is important to help students recognize their own unique

voice. Whether working on an academic research essay or an original short story,

individuality and point of view are what bond writers with an audience.

As a working writer, I also hope students understand that I encounter the same situations

they face trying to translate ideas and emotions into words. Writing is never easy, but

the practice of writing allows each of us an opportunity to connect with our individual

experience and the world around us - discovering meaning through observation and

reflection.