Jennie L. Vaughn

Assistant Professor
(she/her/hers)
112 Stone Center
jlvaughn@jsu.edu         

Dr. Vaughn is a two-time graduate of JSU. As an undergraduate she earned a Bachelor of Arts with a double major in English and Communication. She later received a Master of Science in Secondary Education, English Language Arts. She earned her Ph.D. in English Studies from the University of Alabama in 2015. After five years of teaching "up North" in Erie, Pennsylvania, Dr. Vaughn has returned to JSU and is thrilled to be back home.

Her research specialties include women's/feminist rhetoric and writing, community-engaged writing, and writing for social justice. Dr. Vaughn is published in College English and Community Literacy Journal. Her first book, Ethics and Representation in Feminist Rhetorical Inquiry, co-edited with Amy Dayton, is forthcoming from the University of Pittsburgh Press.

Jennie Vaughn

Courses Taught:

  • EH 105 Enhanced English Composition I
  • EH 106 Enhanced English Composition II
  • EH 102 English Composition II
  • EH 141 Speech
  • EH 206 Literature for Life II: 20th Century to Present
  • EH 231 World Literature I: Beginnings to 1660
  • EH 232 World Literature II: 1660 to Present
  • EH 322 Technical Writing
  • EH 408 Theory of Composition
  • EH 532 Teaching College Writing Practicum II
  • EH 534 Teaching College Writing II
  • EH 535 Teaching College Literature: The American Survey

Education

  • Ph.D. in English from The University of Alabama in 2015
  • M.S. Ed. in Secondary Education, English Language Arts from Jacksonville State University in 2010
  • B.A. in Communication and English in 1997

Other Responsibilities

  • First-Year Writing Committee
  • Coordinator of the Common Reading Program
  • Literature Survey Committee
  • Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Committee