Kimberly Southwick-Thompson
Assistant Professor
(she/her/hers)
218 Stone Center
ksthompson@jsu.edu
Dr. Southwick-Thompson is a poet and the founder and Editor in Chief of the literary arts journal Gigantic Sequins. She is the author of the debut poetry collection Orchid Alpha (Trembling Pillow Press, 2023). Her research interests include genre and hybridity, feminist studies, and American poetry. She serves as a Member-at-Large on the board of the Emily Dickinson International Society and chairs their Web and Social Media Committee. Dr. Southwick-Thompson is the advisor of the Jax State Writers' Club, which puts on the on-campus literary journal, Something Else, and the co-chair of the Reading and Lecture Series Committee in the English Department which puts together the Write, Southerners! Reading Series events.
Courses Taught:
- EH 195 Explore Seminar (Hip Hop, Poetry, and Race in America)
- EH 101 English Composition I
- EH 102 English Composition II
- EH 105 Enhanced English Composition I
- EH 201 American Literature I: Beginnings to 1865
- EH 202 American Literature II: 1865 to Present
- EH 220 Honors Literature II
- EH 251 Introduction to Creative Writing
- EH 307 English Grammar
- EH 325 Major Authors (Emily Dickinson)
- EH 352 Creative Writing: Poetry
- EH 354 Creative Writing: Special Topics (Environmental Writing)
- EH 355 Publishing Practicum
- EH 570 Special Problems
Education
- Ph.D. in English and Creative Writing from University of Louisiana at Lafayette in 2020
- M.A. in English from New York University in 2009
- B.F.A. in Writing Literature and Publishing from Emerson College in 2006
Other Responsibilities
- Writers Club and Something Else Literary Journal Faculty Sponsor
- Reading Series Committee
- GASP! Liaison for the English Department
- Recruitment and P.R. Committee