Robb Jackson

Dr. Robert Jackson’s day job is teaching writing at Texas A&M University Corpus Christi, where he landed 20 years ago from his homeland in Ohio. He is a fully tenured English professor of English . Robb is one of the pioneers of TAMUCC’s award-winning first-year writing program, and he is now working on developing a creative writing program that will integrate personal writing and creative writing in community service, into a traditional creative writing curriculum. He is the author of a collection of poems, Living on the Hurricane Coast and is working on a next collection.

Robb’s passion is taking writing out of the university and into the hospitals, shelters and streets of a community. He has been volunteering for more than 20 years. Robb has just completed a 2.5-year intensive training as a Certified Applied Poetry Facilitator through the National Federation of Biblio/Poetry Therapy and will be awarded his credential in April 2008. As part of his training, he has facilitated four writing groups a week at a county drug and alcohol rehab program for non-violent felons, where he has been instrumental in the healing and recovery of hundreds of men and women.

Listen to Robb Jackson’s interview from
Kathleen Adams’ Journaling For A Better Life show.

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