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Dr. Jacqueline Lyons serves as Professor of English at California Lutheran University, teaching writing and literature courses within the English Department, University Honors Program, and offering yoga as an Activities course. Her institutional roles include founder and director of the Guest Writers Series, founding faculty advisor of the Write Club, mentor to creative writing minors, and faculty advisor to CLU's literary arts magazine Morning Glory.
Her research and creative practice spans Creative Writing, Poetry, Literary Nonfiction, Postcolonial Literature, Ecopoetry, and Irish literature, with significant contributions to contemporary poetic forms and cross-cultural literary studies. This interdisciplinary focus bridges creative production with critical theory, particularly examining ecological and postcolonial dimensions in modern literature.
Dr. Lyons' scholarly recognition includes:
- National Endowment for the Arts Literature Fellowship in Poetry
- California Humanities Grant
- Nevada Arts Council Fellowship in Nonfiction
- Utah Arts Council Literary Awards in both Poetry and Nonfiction
She actively shapes literary communities through leadership in the Association of Writers and Writing Programs (AWP), the Academy of American Poets, and the Slow Fox Writers Collective, while her pedagogical innovation extends beyond traditional academic boundaries into wellness-focused instruction.
