Jennie McStotts

Biography

Jennie McStotts is a writer and interdisciplinary scholar who can most recently be found working somewhere in the vicinity of pop culture, photography, and pedagogy. After completing her B.A. in Interdisciplinary Studies (architecture, English, and psychology) at the University of Arizona, Jennie earned graduate degrees in historic preservation and law from the University of Georgia. In her early career, Jennie did environmental legal advocacy and published on heritage interpretation of difficult history, such as the Berlin Wall and Japanese internment camps, appearing in publications like Future Anterior and International Journal of Heritage Studies. She returned to UArizona for an MFA in creative nonfiction and most recently completed a graduate certificate in museum studies. Her later publications cover topics like biopunk sci-fi and the feminist analysis of Neil Gaiman’s fiction (MacFarland Press). Currently chair of the faculty in the W.A. Franke Honors College, Jennie teaches courses on creative writing, interdisciplinary thinking, narratives of the Southwest, writing about photography, and developing an honors thesis. She has works-in-progress on the performance of emotional intelligence in male-male romance, the design and implementation of interdisciplinary first-year curriculum, and the educational efficacy of technology in museum spaces. 

Degrees

• M.F.A. Creative Writing
• University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona
• J.D.
• University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia
• Master of Historic Preservation
• University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia

Awards

• Award for Excellence in Teaching and Mentoring
• University of Arizona Honors College, Spring 2014