Jacob Watson

Education

PhD, English, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2019

M.A. English, University of Georgia at Athens, 2011

B.A. English, University of Georgia at Athens, 2009 (magna cum laude)

"My love of teaching arises from a need to share the things that I love with others. At the home I share with my wife, dogs, and cat, I spend all the time I can spare playing music, writing poetry, hiking, cultivating, and studying the arts. Teaching others the uses of language and culture is an extension of everything that I find life-affirming and motivating. On the wall of my classroom above my desk, I posted the words: “music, poetry, art, cinema, philosophy, nature” as an open declaration of what I value most and find most animating–my raison d’etre. Through the vital practices of writing, speaking, and analyzing language, I hope students can find their own raison d’etre and a voice with which to celebrate it."

Language Arts Teacher

Email:

jwatson@WILLIAMandREED.com

TEACHING EXPERIENCE HIGHLIGHTS:

William & Reed Academy

9th Grade ELA Teacher
AP Literature

University of Florida

Lecturer, Beyond120 Program, 2020-2024

UNC-Chapel Hill

Teaching Assistant Professor (Post-Doc), Dept. of English, 2019

Duke University

Visiting Instructor, Dept. of English, 2019

University Courses Taught
Intro to Rhetoric and Composition, Intro to Literature, Contemporary Literature, Literature in a Digital Age, Intro to Film Studies, Film and Culture, Science Fiction Film, Collaborative Research Experience, Intro to Research, Grad School 101

Continuing Education

University of Georgia AP Literature Summer Institute 2024

Awards, Honors, Fellowships

2017-18 UNC-CH English and Comp Lit Distinguished Teaching Fellow

2016-17 UNC Graduate School Dissertation Completion Fellowship

2016 The Eliason Dissertation Fellowship (UNC)
2015 The Carol and Edward Smithwick Summer Research Fellowship (UNC)

2015 John R. Bittner Award for Outstanding Dissertation in Literature and Media (UNC)

2015 UNC-CH English and Comparative Literature Senior Teaching Fellowship

2006-2009 National Merit Scholarship, University of Georgia at Athens

2006-2009 Robert Carlyle Byrd Honors Scholarship, University of Georgia at Athens 2006-2009 Honors Program, University of Georgia at Athens

Service and Professional Activities

Student Conduct Committee, University of Florida 2022-23
Transfer Student Committee, University of Florida CLAS-AAC 2021-23