Background
Flynn, John David was born on April 4, 1948 in Jackson, Tennessee, United States. Son of John Aloysius Flynn and Mary Evelyn Groom.
Flynn, John David was born on April 4, 1948 in Jackson, Tennessee, United States. Son of John Aloysius Flynn and Mary Evelyn Groom.
Bachelor, Bachelor of Journalism, U.Mo., 1971. Master of Arts, University Denver, 1972. Master of Arts, Boston University, 1980.
Doctor of Philosophy, University Nebraska, 1984.
Reporter Memphis Press-Scimitar, 1973-1974. Editor Chapin Public Company, Minneapolis, 1976-1977. Instructor Tennessee State University, Nashville, 1978-1979, assistant professor, 1988-1989, University Hawaii, Honolulu, 1989-1991.
Director English Hawaii Tokai International College, 1992-1993. Professor Volunteer State Community College, Gallatin, Tennessee, since 1993. Fulbright senior specialist, Ukraine, 2002.
Consultant in field; with Japan Exchange and Teaching Program, Osaka, 1987—1988. Adjunct instructor American Intercontinental University Online, since 2002, Vanderbilt University, 2005.
Board directors Hawaii Literary Arts Council, Honolulu, 1991-1992. Congressional intern United States Congress, Washington, 1972. Peer evaluation committee Fulbright Senior Panelist Program, since 2005.
Member of Poets, Playwrights, Editors, Essayists and Novelists association, Amnesty International, Poets and Writers, Academy American Poets, Marion James Musicians Aid Society (board directors 2001-2005, president 2002-2005), Music City Blues Society (board directors 1996—2005, vice president 1999—2002, president 2002-2005), American Radio Relay League.
Married Deborah Ann Coleman, January 28, 1978 (divorced December 1989). 1 child Caitlin Rose. Married Jennifer Leigh O'Saile, January 2002.