Jerry Wayne Bradley

Background

Bradley, Jerry Wayne was born on August 24, 1948 in Jacksboro, Texas, United States. Son of Carmon Jackson and Beatrice Zella Bradley.

Education

Bachelor, Midwestern University, 1969. Master of Arts, Texas Christian University, Fort Worth, 1973. Doctor of Philosophy, Texas Christian University, Fort Worth, 1975.

Career

Assistant professor Boston University, 1975—1976. Professor, dean Indiana University Southeast, New Albany, 1993—1994. Associate professor, department head New Mexico Institute Mining and Technology, Socorro, 1976—1993.

Professor, department head West Texas Agricultural and Mechanical University, Canyon, 1994—2001. Professor, graduate dean, associate vice president research Lamar University, Beaumont, 2001—2007, professor, since 2001. Editor New Mexico Humanities Review, 1978—1993.

Literature panelist New Mexico Arts Division, 1986—1989. Member literature arts panel Texas Commission on Arts, since 2004. Councilor Texas Institute Letters, 2002—2006.

Poetry editor Concho River Review, since 1999. Board of directors Amarillo Bay, since 1999. Editorial board New Texas, 1998—2004.

Achievements

• Jerry Wayne Bradley has been listed as a noteworthy language educator, department chairman by Marquis Who's Who.

Works

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  • Simple Versions of Disaster (Texas Poets Series)

    ( Bradley writes poems about life’s emotional explosions ...)

  • The Movement: British Poets of the 1950s (Twayne's English Authors Series)

    (The Movement: British Poets of the 1950s (Twayne's Englis...)

  • The Importance of Elsewhere

    (Original poetry by an important contemporary poet.)

  • The Movement: British Poets of the 1950s

Membership

Member of Texas Association Creative Writing Teachers (president 1995-1997, Poetry award 1976), South Central Modern Language Association, Popular Culture Association, Conference College Teachers English (named Frances Hernandez Teacher-Scholar of Year 2005), American Academy Poets, Southwest Texas Popular Culture Association 1998—2000, (Distinguished Leadership award 2009), College English Association, Texas Institute Letters (council member 2002-2005), Pi Kappa Delta, Phi Beta Delta, Sigma Tau Delta (honorary).

Interests

• Golf, guitar.

Connections

Married Kathryn Rose Coffield (divorced).

Father:

Carmon Jackson

Mother:

Beatrice Zella Bradley

Spouse:

Kathryn Rose Coffield