| Institution | Degree | Graduation Date |
|---|---|---|
| University of Nevada, Reno | Ph.D. | 2001 |
| University of Houston | M.A. in English | 1997 |
| University of Missouri-Columbia | M.A. in journalism | 1991 |
| Baylor University | B.A. in English | 1989 |
| Employer | Position | Start Date | End Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Midwestern State University | Chair, Department of English, Humanities, and Philosophy; and Professor of English | 08/16/2019 | |
| Henderson State University | Professor (2017-2019); Associate Professor (2014-2017) | 08/11/2014 | 06/30/2019 |
| Eastern Oregon University | Associate Professor (2011-2014); Assistant Professor (2010-2011) | 09/01/2010 | 06/30/2014 |
| Idaho State University | Associate Professor (2008-2010); Assistant Professor (2003-2008); Lecturer (2002-2003) | 08/11/2003 | 05/31/2010 |
Peer-Reviewed Books
Reintegrating Severance: Interdisciplinary Insights on AppleTVs Dystopian Thriller. Co-editors Nora M. Isacoff and Jennifer Dawes. Palgrave Macmillan, 2024.
Dark Tourism in the American West. Editor. Palgrave Macmillan, 2019.
Across the Plains: Sarah Royces Western Narrative. Womens Western Voices Series. Tucson: University of Arizona Press, 2009. (as Jennifer Dawes Adkison)
Peer-Reviewed Articles
The Desert as Dumping Ground in Popular Imagination, in Reading Aridity. Jada Ach and Gary Reger, eds. Lanham, MD: Lexington Books, 2020.
Sacrament to Sacrilege: Human Flesh as Sustenance in Alive and The Road, in Food on Film: Bringing Something New to the Table. Tom Hertweck, ed. Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield, 2014. 187-200. (as Jennifer Dawes Adkison)
These is my words . . . Or Are They?: Constructing Western Womens Lives in Two Contemporary Novels, Great Plains Quarterly 26.1 (Winter 2006): 13-25. (as Jennifer Dawes Adkison)
What Passes Away: Visions of Time in Susan Fenimore Coopers Rural Hours, in Susan Fenimore Cooper: New Essays on Rural Hours and Other Works. Rochelle Johnson and Daniel Patterson, eds. Athens: University of Georgia Press, 2001. 154-168.