Julie Funderburk
Queens University of Charlotte | 1900 Selwyn Avenue | Charlotte NC 28274
704-688-2839 | [email protected] | www.juliefunderburk.com
TEACHING POSITIONS
Assistant Professor of English and Creative Writing, Queens University of Charlotte,
Fall 2015–present. Courses Taught: Advanced Poetry Writing, Poetry Writing, Form and
Theory of Poetry, Introduction to Creative Writing, Contemporary Literature, Advanced
Expository Writing, Rhetoric & Composition, Rhetoric & Argument, Honors Thesis,
Independent Study in Poetry, International Study Tour
Lecturer, Department of English and Creative Writing, Queens University of Charlotte, Fall
2003–Spring 2015
Poetry Faculty, Squire Summer Residency, North Carolina Writers Network, Charlotte NC,
Summer 2008
Lecturer, The University of North Carolina at Greensboro, Spring 1999–Spring 2003
Instructor, Guilford Technical Community College, Greensboro, NC, 1995–1996
ADMINISTRATIVE POSTIONS
Director of The Arts at Queens, Queens University of Charlotte, Fall 2008–present
Assistant Director, Master of Fine Arts Creative Writing Program, University of North Carolina
at Greensboro, Spring 2000–Fall 2001
EDUCATION
The University of North Carolina at Greensboro, Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing,
May 1994
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Bachelor of Arts in English, May 1992,
Honors in Creative Writing, Phi Beta Kappa
SCHOLARSHIP
Poetry Collections
The Door That Always Opens, Louisiana State University Press, forthcoming Dec. 2016
Thoughts to Fold into Birds, a limited edition poetry chapbook, Unicorn Press, May 2014
Poetry in Literary Journals
New House, a five-poem series (“The Undertaking,” “Neighbors, Under Your Scrutiny / I Sing a
Song of My Father,” “Under Construction,” “Singular Summer,” and “Giant-Killer”), Cave Wall,
forthcoming in 2016
“Slated for Demolition,” Connotation Press: An Online Artifact, Issue II, Volume VII: Nov. 2015
“Dear Regret,” Connotation Press: An Online Artifact, Issue II, Volume VII: Nov. 2015
“My Father’s Family Arrives,” Connotation Press: An Online Artifact, Issue II, Volume VII:
Nov. 2015
“Landscape of the Widowed,” Hampden-Sydney Poetry Review, Number 40, Winter 2014
“A Girl Reaches,” Hampden-Sydney Poetry Review, Number 40, Winter 2014
“Landscape of the Conflicted,” Hayden’s Ferry Review, No. 51, Fall/Winter 2012
“Landscape of the Careful,” The Cincinnati Review, Vol. 8, No. 1, Summer 2011
“Landscape of the Young,” The Cincinnati Review, Vol. 8, No. 1, Summer 2011
“My Family Arrives at the Beach,” Birmingham Poetry Review, issue #38, Spring 2011
“Future Site of Fletcher Academy” (as “Future Site”), Birmingham Poetry Review, issue #38, Spring
2011
“The Spy’s Egg,” Birmingham Poetry Review, issue #38, Spring 2011
“Nothing About Your Life,” The Greensboro Review, No. 87, Spring 2010
“The Search,” The Greensboro Review, No. 87, Spring 2010
“Glass Is Death,” 32 Poems, Vo. 7, No. 2, Fall/Winter 2009
“Lines,” Blackbird, Vol. 8, No. 1, Spring 2009
“Planetarium (One Adult Admission),” Blackbird, Vol. 8, No. 1, Spring 2009
“Notes for Surviving Girlhood,” Smartish Pace, Issue 15, April 2008
“Upstairs Room: A Retrospect,” The Cincinnati Review, Vol. 4, No. 1, Summer 2007
“Allegory of the Buck,” Third Coast, Fall 2006
“Allegory of the Camel,” roger: an art and literary magazine, vol. 1, Spring 2006
“The Catch,” roger: an art and literary magazine, vol. 1, Spring 2006
“Another Consequence of the Storm” (as “Without Power”), The Greensboro Review, No. 77,
Spring 2005
“Ping-Pong” (as “Ping-Pong Match”), Southern Poetry Review, Spring/Summer 2004
“Your Favorite Moon,” Southern Poetry Review, Spring/Summer 2004
“Bonfire,” 32 Poems, Spring 2004
“It’s My Mother,” South Dakota Review, Vol. 42:1, Spring 2004
“Heart at 53,” West Branch, No. 54, Spring 2004
“Ten Years” West Branch, No. 54, Spring 2004
“Young Men Playing Dominoes, Pretending to Be Old,” Ploughshares, Vol. 29, No. 4,
Winter 2003–04
“Poppies,” The Louisville Review, Vol. 52, Fall 2002
“The Harpist,” Folio, Fall 1999
“Daniel,” Two Rivers Review, Vol. 2, No. 1, Spring 1999
“Lee at the Carnival,” Two Rivers Review, Vol. 2, No. 1, Spring 1999
“Unearthing,” Two Rivers Review, Vol. 1, No. 1, Spring 1998
“Internal Directions,” Alaska Quarterly Review, Vol. 15 No. 1& 2, Fall and Winter 1996
“Sleepwalkers,” The Greensboro Review, No. 58, Summer 1995
Reprinted Poetry
“Landscape of the Conflicted,” and “Landscape of the Young,” The Waywiser Press, The
Anthony Hecht Prize semi-finalist, 2015
“How I Was Saved” and “Pompeii Redux,” The Waywiser Press, The Anthony Hecht Prize
semi-finalist, 2014
“Without Power,” Best New Poets, edited by George Garrett, series edited by Jeb Livingood,
Samovar Press, 2005
“Bonfire,” Verse Daily, June 29, 2004
Prose
“The Necessary Takeoff,” Contributor Spotlight, Hayden’s Ferry Review blog, Jan. 15, 2013
“Book Review of Threat of Pleasure by Philip Memmer,” Cider Press Review, Vol. 10, 2009
“An Interview with Cathy Smith Bowers,” storySouth, Winter 2008
Secondary Works
Matt McBride, “‘Landscape of the Young’: Why We Like It,” The Cincinnati Review blog,
Feb. 18, 2011
Stuart Dischell, “On Julie Funderburk,” Ploughshares, Vol. 29, No. 4, Winter 2003–04
Editorships
Poetry Editor, storySouth, Dec. 2008–Dec. 2015
Associate Poetry Editor, storySouth, 2006–Dec. 2008
Managing Editor, The Greensboro Review, 2000–2001
Production Editor, The Greensboro Review, 1996–1999
Poetry Editor, The Greensboro Review, 1993–1994
Conference Presentations
“Unicorn Press: A New Generation at the 50-Year Mark,” moderator, North Carolina Writers
Conference, Greensboro, NC, July 30, 2016
“Poetry and Time,” session faculty, North Carolina Writers’ Network Fall Conference, Charlotte,
NC, Nov. 22, 2014
“What Means: A Digital Community,” South Atlantic Modern Language Association (SAMLA),
panelist, Atlanta, GA, Nov. 8, 2013
“Carbetbagging for Poetry,” panelist, Association of Writers and Writing Programs (AWP) Annual
Conference, Washington D.C., Feb. 5, 2011
“Using Story in Poetry,” session faculty, North Carolina Writers’ Network Fall Conference,
Charlotte, NC, Nov. 6, 2010
Select Honors and Awards
Fellowship in Literature, $10,000 grant, North Carolina Arts Council, 2015–2016
John Ciardi Scholarship in Poetry to attend the Bread Loaf Writers’ Conference, August 2012
Finalist for the Vassar Miller Prize in Poetry, Texas Tech University Press, 2011–2013
Finalist for the Crab Orchard Series, Open Competition and First Book, 2010–2015
Finalist for the Gerald Cable Book Award, 2010
Howard Nemerov Scholarship to attend the Sewanee Writers’ Conference, Summer 2006
Pushcart Prize Nomination for “Without Power,” Jan. 2006
Pushcart Prize Nomination for a selection of poems published in 2004 and 2005
Selected by Ploughshares for the Emerging Writers Issue, Winter 2003–04
Pushcart Prize Nomination for “Poppies,” Jan. 2003
RopeWalk Writers’ Scholarship, University of Southern Indiana, Summer 2001
Academy of American Poets University Poetry Prize, Spring 1994
Select Readings and Appearances
Visiting Writers Series, Lenoir-Rhyne University, upcoming September 8, 2016
Emerging Poet’s Series, University of South Carolina-Aiken, Aiken, SC, March 24, 2016
“Four Way Books / Persea Books / Bull City Press / Unicorn Press Present: An AWP Reading,”
612 Brew, Minneapolis, MN, April 9, 2015
NC Arts Council Fellowship Artist Reception and Reading, Greensboro, NC, Oct. 23, 2015
“Randall Jarrell and His Students,” UNC Greensboro, Greensboro, NC, Nov. 1, 2014
English Department Reading Series with Novelist Sarah Creech, Queens University of Charlotte,
NC, Oct. 16, 2014
Book Fair Signing, Unicorn Press, AWP Annual Conference, Seattle, WA, Feb. 27, 2014
Faculty Reading, Queens University of Charlotte, NC, March 22, 2013
“HFR In the Dark Reading,” a live internet reading for Hayden’s Ferry Review, Dec. 12, 2012
“A Tribute to Robert Watson,” UNC Greensboro, Greensboro, NC, Nov. 3, 2012
Scholars Reading, Bread Loaf Writers’ Conference, Middlebury College, Ripton, VT, Aug. 17, 2012
Best New Poets Reading, Distinguished Visiting Writers Series, UNC Greensboro, Feb. 6, 2007
Independent Literary Magazine and Small Press Festival, Greensboro, NC, March 9, 2007
Sewanee Writers’ Conference, University of the South, Sewanee, TN, July 21, 2006
“Ten Years” included in the Fred Chappell Laureate Celebration, Greensboro, NC, March 17, 2003
PROFESSIONAL AND ACADEMIC SERVICE
Literary Community Service
Editorial Board, The Greensboro Review, 2006–present
Contributing Editor, storySouth, 2016–present
Board of Trustees Member, North Carolina Writers’ Network, Summer 2011–present
Admissions Board, Bread Loaf Writers’ Conference, Middlebury, Vermont, 2013 and 2014
External Reviewer, Senior Creative Writing Portfolios, Elon University, Spring 2008
Preliminary Judge, Student Chapbook Competition, BFA Writing Program, Roger Williams
University, Bristol, RI, Spring 2012
Preliminary Judge, Randall Jarrell/Harperprints Poetry Chapbook Competition, 2005
Judge, Noel Callow Poetry Awards, MFA Writing Program, UNC Greensboro, 2004
Advisory Board Member, MFA Writing Program, UNC Greensboro, Fall 1996–Fall 2001
Queens University Service
Strategic Planning Committee for The Arts at Queens, 2013–present
Director of Artburst campus performance project of The Arts at Queens, 2012–present
Faculty Advisor, Student Board of The Arts at Queens, 2012–present
Internship Committee Member, Queens University of Charlotte, Fall 2015–present
Editor and Developer of Cultural Calendar with Marketing & Community Relations, 2007–present
Common Read Program publicity and development advisor, 2015 and 2016
General Education Pilot Committee, Queens University of Charlotte, Spring 2014–Fall 2015
Coordinated a literary event, Gilda Morina Syverson reading, Spring 2015
Coordinated a community writing workshop led by Tony Abbott, Spring 2015
Search Committee Member for Music Chair, Queens University of Charlotte, 2011
Coordinated College of Arts & Sciences participation in a collaborative arts event, “Violins of
Hope,” Fall 2012
Presented a lunch talk for CETL, “Connecting Your Course to Charlotte,” Fall 2012
Coordinated a literary collaborative event, “Topograph,” Spring 2011
Drama Review Committee Member, Queens University of Charlotte, 2009–10
Editor, Changing Places: A Student Colloquium, publishing students at Queens, UNCC, and CPCC
Coordinator and Developer, “Changing Places” Undergraduate academic colloquium, Fall 2009
Community Read Planning Team and discussion leader (Elizabeth Strout, Olive Kitteridge) 2009
Independent Study in Poetry, Lauren Brown, Spring 2008
Student Honors Thesis Director (Lindsey Shellhammer), Spring and Fall 2008
Founded and Coordinated English Department Reading Series, Fall 2005–Spring 2007
Scholarship Committee Member, Queens University of Charlotte, 2005–06, 2006–07
Independent Study in Poetry (Lindsay Full) Fall 2007
Student Honors Committee (Lesley Albers) Spring 2006 and Fall 2006
Independent Study in Poetry (Jennifer Daniel) Fall 2005
Professional Memberships
Elected Member of the North Carolina Writers Conference, March 2015–present
Charlotte Center for the Literary Arts, 2015–present
North Carolina Writers’ Network, 2011–present
Association of Writers and Writing Programs, 1992–present
Phi Beta Kappa, 1992–present