Dr. Katherine L. Chaple
PO Box 54423
Atlanta, GA 30308
katiechaple@gmail.com
kchaple@westga.edu
EDUCATION:
Ph.D., Creative Writing, August 2005
Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA
Major Area: Poetry; Minor Area: Fiction
Dissertation: This Distant Burning, poetry
M.F.A., Creative Writing/Poetry, May 2001
Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA
Thesis: Saving Eve, poetry
M.A., English, August 1995
Emory University, Atlanta, GA
Thesis: Suffering From Secrets of the Past: An Analysis of Wilkie Collins’ The Woman in White and The Moonstone
B.A., English, August 1995
Emory University, Atlanta, GA
TEACHING EXPERIENCE:
Limited Term Professor, English Department, West Georgia University, Carrollton, Georgia.
Teach undergraduate introductory-level composition courses, August 2006–present.
Full-Time Instructor, English Department, West Georgia University, Carrollton, Georgia.
Teach undergraduate introductory-level composition courses, January 2006 to August 2006.
Part-Time Instructor, English Department, West Georgia University, Carrollton, Georgia.
Taught undergraduate introductory-level composition courses, August 2005 to December 2005.
Teaching Assistant, English Department, Georgia State University.
Taught undergraduate classes in creative writing (poetry), world and American literature, and introductory level
composition courses, August 1997 to July 2005.
ADDITIONAL TEACHING EXPERIENCE:
Visiting Writer. Lee University, Cleveland, TN, spring 2008.
Instructor. Teen Poetry Workshop, Decatur Book Festival, Atlanta, GA, fall 2007.
Instructor. Publishing Workshop, Poetry @ Tech, Georgia Tech, Atlanta, GA, summer 2007.
Instructor. Young Scholars Institute, University of West Georgia, Carrollton, GA, summer 2007.
Instructor. Young Scholars Institute, University of West Georgia, Carrollton, GA, summer 2006.
Guest lecturer. English 4210 (Advanced Creative Writing taught by Dr. Chad Davidson), University of West Georgia, Carrollton, GA, March 2006.
PUBLICATIONS:
Poems in Magazines:
“My Epicurean Curse” Passages North 29.1 (winter/spring 2008), forthcoming.
“Charlie Chaplin Enters a Charlie Chaplin Look-alike Contest” Passages North 29.1 (winter/spring 2008), forthcoming.
“Returning Madame Bovary” Passages North 29.1 (winter/spring 2008), forthcoming.
“Gross Anatomy” Washington Square 20 (summer 2007), forthcoming.
“Pretty Little Rooms” Crab Orchard Review 12.1 (winter/spring 2007), forthcoming.
“Madame du Barry’s Refusal” Southern Humanities Review, forthcoming.
“A Drowning” Southern Humanities Review, forthcoming.
“My Lover Teaches Me Seven Card Stud, Deuces Wild” Poet Lore 101.3-4 (fall/winter 2006) 47.
“Alligators” The Texas Review, forthcoming.
“31st Birthday, A Partial Death” 32 Poems 4.2 (fall/winter 2006) 20.
“Saving Eve” The Chattahoochee Review 26.1 (fall 2005) 22.
“Drinking on the Lanai” The Chattahoochee Review 26.1 (fall 2005) 21.
“In the British Library Repository” Bellevue Literary Review (fall 2005) 64.
“Pulling Weeds on Your 30th Birthday” Rattle 11.1 (summer 2005) 17.
“Wayne, Balanced” Southern Poetry Review 43.1 (spring/summer 2004) 15.
“The Invisible Intruder” Antioch Review 62.2 (spring 2004) 332.
“Burying the Fig for Winter” 32 Poems 1.2 (fall 2003) 7.
Interview:
“Nudes, Landscapes and Fibonacci: An Interview with Brett Deschene” Chattahoochee Review online,
http://www.gpc.edu/~gpccr/descheneinterview.php.
Review:
“Tell It Another Way: Alice Friman's The Book of the Rotten Daughter” Chattahoochee Review 27.3-4 (spring/summer 2007)
199-201.
Academic Website:
A Nosegay to Take to Battle: The Civil War Wounding of Emily Dickinson,
http://www.iath.virginia.edu/fdw/volume2/werner/index.html, fall 2000.
Poems Online:
“In the British Library Repository” Bellevue Literary Review (fall 2005),
http://www.blreview.org/issue_fall2005/In%20the%20British%20Library%20Repository.pdf
EDITORIAL EXPERIENCE:
Contributing Editor, The Chattahoochee Review, Atlanta, GA, December 2006 to present.
Editor, Terminus Magazine, Atlanta, GA, February 2005 to present.
Assistant Editor, Five Points, Georgia State University, September 2004 to August 2005.
Managing Editor, Terminus Magazine, Atlanta, GA, March 2004 to February 2005.
Poetry Editor, GSU Review, Georgia State University, July 2004 to July 2005.
Editor, GSU Review, Georgia State University, August 2000 to June 2004.
Assistant Editor, Near Eastern Archaeology, Husbands, Wives and Lovers in the Biblical World, 67.3, September 2004.
Editorial Assistant, Near Eastern Archaeology, Petra: A Royal City Unearthed, 65.4, December 2002.
AWARDS & HONORS:
Semi-finalist in Crab Orchard Series in Poetry First Book Competition, SIUP, fall 2007.
Agnes Scott College Writers’ Festival Contest Prize in Poetry, Agnes Scott College, Atlanta, GA, spring 2002.
COURSES TAUGHT:
Contemporary British & American Literature (ENGL 4165 & 5165)
Special Topics: Editing & Publishing (ENGL 4385 & 5385)
Introduction to Creative Writing—Poetry & Fiction (ENGL 3200)
Introduction to Creative Writing—Poetry (ENG 3150)
XIDS (What Do You Really Know about Creative Writing?) (XIDS 2002)
World Literature (ENG 2110)
American Literature (ENG 2130)
English Composition I (ENG 1101)
English Composition II, Argumentative Writing (ENG 1102)
Regents’ Preparation (RGTE 0199)
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT:
Committees/Memberships:
Graduate Education Association, member, Georgia State University, 1997 to August 2005.
Professional Development Committee, member, Georgia State University, spring 2004.
Associated Writing Program, member, fall 2002 to present.
The Academy of American Poets, member, spring 2005 to present.
Presentations/Readings:
Poetry reading. Lee University, Cleveland, TN, spring 2008.
Poetry reading. Poetry @ Tech, Georgia Tech, Atlanta, GA, winter 2007.
Poetry reading. Decatur Book Festival, Atlanta, GA, fall 2007.
“A Tribute to Leon Stokesbury.” Panel & Reading, Association of Writers & Writing Programs Annual Conference, Atlanta, GA, spring 2007.
Poetry reading. Sponsored by the Eclectic, University of West Georgia, Carrollton, GA, spring 2007.
“Curricular Politics or Why Creative Writing Should Be a Requirement, Not Just an Elective.” Panel, Other Words: A Conference of Literary Magazines and Independent Publishers, Florida State University, spring 2007.
Poetry reading, feature. Java Monkey Speaks, Atlanta, GA, spring 2006.
“Talking to Poetry Editors.” Panel, Other Words: A Conference of Literary Magazines and Independent Publishers, Florida State University, spring 2006.
“Advice From Terminus: Publishing Your Creative Writing.” Panel, New Voices Conference, Georgia State University, fall 2005.
“Editors Reading.” Poetry reading. Carroll Street Cafe, Atlanta, GA, fall 2005.
“Editors Panel.” Panel, The Southeastern Independent & Small Press Festival, Chattahoochee Review, Agnes Scott, fall 2005.
“Terminus Magazine Editorial Staff Poetry Workshop.” Workshop, The Southeastern Independent & Small Press Festival, Chattahoochee Review, Agnes Scott, fall 2005.
“Successful Professional Development Committees and Other Student Communities.” Panel, Spring Graduate Teaching Association Conference, Georgia State University, spring 2005.
“Using Personal Narratives in the Composition Classroom.” Teaching Seminar, Georgia State University, spring 2003.
“Taking Your M.F.A. and Ph.D. Creative Writing Comps.” Teaching Seminar, Georgia State University, spring 2002.
Poetry reading. Manuel’s Tavern, Atlanta, GA, spring 2002.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:
Short Story Judge for The Atlanta Writers Club, Atlanta, GA, fall 2006.
Poetry Judge for Centennial High School & Riverwood High School. Poetry Out Loud, National Endowment for the Arts & The Poetry Foundation, Atlanta, GA, spring 2006.
Poetry Consultant for WABE 90.1 FM’s Between the Lines. National Public Radio, Atlanta, GA, spring 2006.