Note: In addition to the information highlighted below, a complete curriculum vitae is available for download as a PDF file.
Note: In addition to the information highlighted below, a complete curriculum vitae is available for download as a PDF file.
Ph.D. in Language, Literacy, and Culture, Vanderbilt University, 2012.
M.A. in English literature, University of Virginia, 1996.
B.A. in English and history, summa cum laude, University of Alabama, 1992.
Professor, Belmont University English Department, 2024 to present.
Associate Professor, tenured, Belmont University English Department, 2018 to 2024.
Assistant Professor, Belmont University English Department, 2013 to 2018.
Continuing Instructor, Belmont University English Department, 2011 to 2013.
Lecturer, Belmont University English Department, 2008 to 2011.
Lovvorn, Jason F. "Writing Center Discourses in Theory and Practice: A Comparative Case Study." Empowering Students Through Multilingual and Content Discourse, edited by Stacie Finley, Pamela Correll, Cathy Pearman, and Stephanie Huffman. IGI Global, 2023, pp. 139-158.
Lovvorn, Jason F., and Kevin M. Leander. "Following Texts, Bodies, and Objects in Everyday Practice: Thinking with Actor Network Theory." Data Analysis, Interpretation, and Theory in Literacy Studies Research: A How-To Guide, edited by Michele Knobel, Judy Kalman, and Colin Lankshear. Myers Education Press, 2020, pp. 181-198.
Lunsford, Lauren, Bonnie Smith Whitehouse, and Jason F. Lovvorn. "Dialogism in the Digital Age: Online Discussion Boards as Constructivist Platforms." Advanced Research and Practice in K-12 Online and Blended Learning, edited by Tina L. Heafner, Richard Hartshorne, and Richard Thripp. IGI Global, 2019, pp. 459-476.
Dalton, Bridget, Kristin Robinson, Jason F. Lovvorn, Blaine E. Smith, Tara Alvey, Elaine Mo, Paola Uccelli, and C. Patrick Proctor. "Fifth-Grade Students' Multimodal Compositions: Modal Use and Design Intentionality." The Elementary School Journal, vol. 115, no. 4, 2015, pp. 548-569.
Lovvorn, Jason F. "Theorizing Digital Storytelling: From Narrative Practice to Racial Counterstory." Narrative Acts: Rhetoric, Race, and Identity, Knowledge, edited by Debra S. Journet, Beth A. Boem, and Cynthia E. Britt, Hampton Press, 2011, pp. 97-112.
"Bridging the Departmental Divide: Helping Students Learn Across Disciplines." Lilly International Conference on College Teaching. Oxford, OH. November 2023. (with Sue Trout, Meg Tully, and Peter Kuryla)
"The Kids Are STILL Not Okay: Best Practices for In-Person Teaching Post-COVID." Lilly International Conference on College Teaching. Oxford, OH. November 2022. (with Sue Trout)
"Border Agent: A New Materialist Perspective on Alberto Rios." College English Association Conference. Birmingham, AL. April 2022.
"How Can We Get Them to Read?! Top Pedagogies and Practices for Better Student Readers." Lilly International Conference on College Teaching. Oxford, OH. November 2021. (with Sue Trout)
"Affect and Learning through Service: A New Materialist Framework." Gulf-South Summit on Service-Learning and Civic Engagement through Higher Education. Nashville, TN. March 2021.
"Community Center Matters: New Materialist Narratives of Service-Learning Pedagogy." National Council of Teachers of English Assembly for Research Midwinter Conference. Nashville, TN. February 2020.
"Mid-Semester Interventions When Teaching Falls Flat: Improvising with Radical Redesign." Transforming the Teaching & Learning Environment Virtual Conference. Hosted by Northeastern State University. February 2020. (with Sue Trout and Andrea Stover)
University Internship Council, 2023 to 2024.
Chair, Improvement of Teaching and New Programs Committee, 2021 to 2023.
Faculty Senate, Undergraduate At-Large Proxy, 2022.
New Programs Support Audit Committee (ad hoc Senate committee), 2021.
Faculty Senate, College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences Representative, 2020 to 2021.
University Continuous Improvement of Teaching Committee (CITC), 2020 to 2021.
Co-chair, Belmont University Humanities Symposium Committee, 2015 and 2021.
Faculty Senate, School of Humanities Representative, 2018 to 2020.
BELL Core Committee, 2015 to 2019.
Editorial Board of College Teaching, 2020 to 2024.
Reviewer for Writing and Pedagogy, 2023 to 2024.
Reviewer for Reading Research Quarterly, for IGI Global, and for The Lilly Conference on College Teaching, 2023.
Reviewer for Literacy Research Association, Area 6: Adolescent, College, and Adult Literacy Processes, 2020.
Otto C. Bassler Award for Outstanding Dissertation, Department of Teaching and Learning, Peabody College at Vanderbilt University, May 2012.
Sloan-C Fellowship, Belmont University Teaching Center (Pedagogy and Technology Initiative), October 2011.
Peabody Graduate Honor Scholarship, Peabody College at Vanderbilt University, March 2003.
Academic Honor Societies: Phi Beta Kappa, Phi Kappa Phi, Sigma Tau Delta (English), Kappa Delta Pi (education), Phi Alpha Theta (history).