Current Courses:
English 327/ 427: Imaginative Writing II, III - Poetry
English 372: 20th Century American Poetry
Academic Background
Research & Teaching Areas
Writing
Twentieth Century American Poetry
English Renaissance Drama and Poetry
R. P. Jones was born in 1942 in New York City. He received his A.B. from Harvard in 1964, and taught for three years in New Hampshire. In 1969 he completed a Master of Arts and Master of Fine Arts in Poetry at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. Since then he has been teaching writing and literature at Pacific Lutheran University in Tacoma, Washington.
EducationTeachingPositionsAssoc. Professor, Pacific LutheranUniversity, 1984--.
Asst. Professor, Pacific Lutheran University, 1971-84.
Instructor, Pacific Lutheran University, 1969-71.
Teaching Assistant, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, 1968-1969.
English Teacher, Tilton School, Tilton, N.H., 1964-67.
Intern Teacher, St. Paul's School, Concord, N.H., 1963.Courses TaughtWriting CoursesEnglish Composition, FreshmanWriting Seminar
Intermediate Writing*
Imaginative Writing I: Introduction to Imaginative Writing (prose and poetry)*
Imaginative Writing II: Advance Imaginative Writing (emphasis on poetry)*
Special Studies in Poetry
Special Studies in Translation: Poetry (Chinese and Spanish)Literature Courses:Introduction to Contemporary Poetry
Introduction to Poetry*
The Experience of Literature: Reflecting Major Advances in Western Thought--Especially Scientific
Short Fiction
Advanced Contemporary Literature:American
Modern Poetry
Twentieth Century American Poetry*
American Studies: Faulkner, Eliot, Williams
American Studies: Pound, Williams, Olson
American Studies: The Developmentof an American Consciousness
American Literature Since 1920
Robert Frost: Seminar in American Literature
John Donne: Seminar in English Literature
British Literature to 1750
--Various Independent Studies Projects* New courses accepted into the regular curriculumSome Experimental Courses:A University of Voices: Faculty Publications at PLU
Creative Writing: Poetry- An intensive Interim
Folk/Rock: Music & Lyrics (Cross-referenced with Music)
Modern Poetry and the Language of the Psalms
Poets of the Pacific Northwest
Roman and Renaissance Drama (Cross-referenced with Classics)
Small Presses and Little Magazines