Jeff James Jentz

Background

Jentz, Jeff James was born on May 15, 1949 in Wahpeton, North Dakota, United States. Son of Arnold Louis and Norma Anne (Sellner) Jentz.

Education

Bachelor in English, U. North Dakota, 1977; Master of Arts in English Literature, U. North Dakota, 1982; Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing, U. Arkansas, 1985.

Career

Teacher English, Crow Creek Sioux Reservation H.S., Stephan, South Dakot, 1978-1979; senior lecturer department English, U. North Dakota, Grand Forks, since 1990; assistant professor department English, U. Arkansas, Fayetteville, 1985-1986; poet in schools, South Dakot Arts Council, Sioux Falls, 1986-1987; instructor basic English, Sinte Gleska College, Rosebud, South Dakot, 1987-1989. Developer Flowering Tree Writing Approach to Multicultural Literacy, since 1992. Performance poet, storyteller, Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakot, Michigan, since 1990.

Visiting poet Bemidji (Minnesota) State University, fall 1993.

Achievements

• Jeff James Jentz has been listed as a noteworthy Multicultural educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Initiator, organizer 1st Sobriety Walk, Rosebud Lakota Reservation, 1988. Co-organizer Bemidji Baha'i Committee Race Unity Walks, 1990-1991. Co-founder Circuit of Many Cultures, Bemidji, 1991-1992.

Member The Linguistics Circuit, Bahai College Club U. North Dakota (faculty advisor since 1994).

Interests

• Avocations: hiking, climbing buttes, travel, comparative religion, Baha'i studies.

Connections

Married Karen Rambo, February 17,1979. Children: Coral Shirin, Gretchen Layli, Heidi Ruha.

Father:

Arnold Louis Jentz

Mother:

Norma Anne (Sellner) Jentz

Spouse:

Karen Rambo

child:

Coral Shirin Jentz

child:

Gretchen Layli Jentz

child:

Heidi Ruha Jentz