Jenny Ashley

Ms. Jenny Ashley
Lecturer
English

Biography:

Jenny Ashley, Lecturer of English, comes to the English department from the university’s Learning Enrichment, where she was a Learning Instructional Specialist for the Writing Lab. Her responsibilities included the hiring and training of writing tutors, the developing of academic writing workshops, the maintaining of budgets, and the supervising of tutors.

Ashley was the co-editor for the Journal of South Texas English Studies from 2010-2011, has presented several papers at conferences such as the CCTE Conference in Beaumont, TX, the UTB/TSC Research Symposium, and the EGADS! Graduate Conference in 2009 and 2010, and she also presented a workshop for the Brownsville Historical Association about the history of love letters.

Ashley also played volleyball for the women’s team at UTB/TSC from 2004-2007.

Degrees:

M.A., The University of Texas at Brownsville
B.A., The University of Texas at Brownsville

CV/VITAE: Ashley Vitae

Classes Taught:

English 0320: Writing Skills I
English 0321: Writing Skills II
English 1301: Composition I

Joined UTB/TSC:

2004

Area of Specialty and Responsibility:

Ashley’s areas of interest include literature, fiction, short fiction, young adult fiction, literary criticism, editing, feminism and gender studies.

Previous Experience:

Refer to curriculum vitae.