Dr. Jerry Giddens
3323 Rosalie Alley
New Orleans, Louisiana 70117
[email protected]
504-944-0868
I. EDUCATION
English Literature, Ph.D. Specialties in 19th Century American Literature and
20th Century American Literature and Film: Claremont Graduate University,
Claremont, California (Jan. 2008).
English Literature, M.A.: California State University Long Beach, Long Beach,
California (2004).
Social Studies Education, B.A.: Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge,
Louisiana (1976).
Educational and Academic Experience
2012-2013 – Postdoctoral Teaching Fellow, Tulane University. New Orleans,
Louisiana. I taught three sections of Freshman English.
2012 – Adjunct Professor of English, Tulane University. New Orleans, Louisiana.
I taught one class of Freshman English and an Expository Writing class.
2008 – 2012 Assistant Professor of English, Southern University at New Orleans.
New Orleans, Louisiana.
I taught four to five courses each term with average student numbers of 30+.
Experience teaching Literature and composition courses. Served as faculty
advisor for The Writer’s Wing.
1999-2002 SAT Tutor, Ivy West Instructional Services. Marina del Rey,
California. I worked with high school students to help prepare them for the SAT.
1978-1979Yeshiva Rav Isakson, Junior High instructor. Hollywood, California
I taught social studies for middle school boys.
1976 St. James Parish Schools/Vacherie Middle School Vacherie, Louisiana.
I taught social studies for middle school students.
II. PRIZES, AWARDS, HONORS
Recipient Claremont Graduate University Trans-disciplinary Dissertation
Grant Award (2007) for Richard Brautigan: A Literary and Cultural Biography.
ASCAPLUS Award: The American Society of Composers, Authors, and
Publishers (1995-2007).
Winner of Pomona College Theater Competition for The Angels Fall In
Envy: A Play in One Act (2004).
The theatre department at Northwest Vista College in San Antonio, Texas
produced The Angels Fall In Envy for performances in October 2011.
My first solo recoding, Livin' Ain't Easy, on Mountain Railroad Records, is
included in the American Folk Music collection at the Smithsonian Institution.
Who’s Who in American Colleges and Universities (1976).
III. Publications
Book Chapter
(1) Griffin, Martin, Ed. American Political Fiction. Knoxville, Tennessee: U
of Tennessee P. Chapter accepted: Giddens, Jerry. - “Agent and Act: Richard
Brautigan’s The Abortion: An Historical Romance 1966.” Publication 2013.
Papers and Panels:
(1) “Richard Brautigan: A Literary Biography and Its Peril.” Delivered at
the 2011 International Society of Educational Biographers conference in San
Antonio, Texas in April 2011.
(2) “Richard Brautigan, Jack Spicer, and Trout Fishing in America.”
Delivered at the 2011 Popular Culture Association/American Culture Association
Conference in San Antonio, Texas
(3) "Peace and Poetry," a discussion and poetry reading. 12th Annual
National Association for Peace/Anti-Violence Education Conference. April 10,
2010, New Orleans, Louisiana. I also served as a Community Panelist during a
"Real Talk About Peace and Anti-Violence in ours schools and community"
session at the conference.
(4) "Original Poetry." 2009 Popular Culture Association/American
Cultural Association Conference. April 2009, New Orleans, Louisiana.
(5) “Richard Brautigan: A Literary and Cultural Biography and its Peril.”
The Claremont Graduate University Colloquium. February 28, 2008, Claremont,
California.
(6) "William Gilmore Simms" (a two thousand-word essay). Delivered at
the 2006 Popular Culture Association/American Culture Association Conference
in Atlanta, Georgia April 12-15.
(7) "William Gilmore Simms" (a two thousand-word essay) accepted in
2004 for publication in the Dictionary of Literary Biography volume on American
Writers of the Civil War Era.
Poetry:
(1) "I Saw a Man Deep-Fry Ribs on TV: A New Orleans
Montage," St. Johns, Kansas: Chiron Review, Fall 2010
(2) "Into the Woods," St. Johns, Kansas: Chiron Review, Spring
2008.
(3) "St. Mary’s Gate," Monroe, Louisiana: Bonewheel Factory.
Nov. 1991.
(4)"Broken Spirits," Memphis, Tennessee: Asymptote #4,
summer 1990.
(5) The Raging Winds of Time, Beverly Hills, Ca.: Illiterati
Press, a book of poetry and lyrics, 69 pp. (1988).
Recordings:
(1) Killeen Foundry. Killeen Foundry. Sputnik Records, 2012
(2) Jerry Giddens. little demons. Sputnik Records, 2011
(3) Gaucho Gil. The Ballad of Gaucho Gil. Sputnik
Records/Hemifran, 2006.
(4) Walking Wounded. artificial hearts. Stonegarden Records,
2002/Taxim Records, 2002.
(5) Giddens, Jerry. Walking Wounded: Cuts 1984-1994.
Sputnik Records, 1999.
(6) Giddens, Jerry. For Lydia. Sputnik Records, 1994.
(7) Giddens, Jerry. The Devil’s Front Door. Dr. Dream
Records, 1992.
(8) Walking Wounded. Live at the China Club. Taxim Records,
2002.
(9) Walking Wounded. Hard Times. Dr. Dream Records,
1991/Taxim Records 1991.
(10) Walking Wounded. Raging Winds of Time.
Chameleon/Capitol, 1989/Taxim Records, 1999.
(11) Giddens, Jerry. Livin’ Ain’t Easy. Mountain Railroad
Records, 1989/Line Records, 1989.
(12) Walking Wounded. The New West. Chameleon/Capitol
Records, 1986/Line Records, 1986
(13) Walking Wounded. Walking Wounded. Stonegarden,
1984.
IV. PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS:
Phi Kappa Phi
American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers
International Society of Educational Biographers
Modern Language Association
V. Teaching Philosophy
A continuous dynamic dialogue in the classroom is the essential for the exchange
of ideas and ideas the substance of that dialogue. As an instructor I will help my students
acquire the knowledge required for an adequate understanding of the material and skills
needed for scholarly literary analysis, adequate synthesis, and creative thinking.
I understand it is essential to consider the different learning styles represented in
each classroom. There should be clearly stated expectations and goals. Testing should
be timely and grading clear and fair. I will be available to my students inside and outside
the classroom. From my own experience I understand the importance of mentoring on
many levels and I will work extensively with the student’s on their writing and solicit and
accept feedback.
Michael Holquist in Dialogism: Bakhtin and his World says, “Dialogue always
implies the simultaneous existence of manifold possibilities.” I will provide a space
where students can explore those “manifold possibilities.”
References
Dr. T.R. Johnson, Professor of English, Tulane University
e-mail [email protected] (504-865-5160)
Dr. Gerald Locklin, Professor Emeritus of English, California State University Long
Beach e-mail [email protected] (562-985-4223)
Dr. Jay Martin, Professor Emeritus of English, University of Southern California
and Professor of History, Claremont McKenna College.
e-mail [email protected] (909-398-0193)