Curriculum Vita
CHERYL J. ESCHENFELDER
Adjunct Professor / Co-director, Online Program
Department of Mass Communication
College of Fine Arts and Mass Communication
Sam Houston State University
Huntsville TX
Phone: 936.581.0405
Email: c_allman_2000@yahoo.com
ResearchGate and LinkedIn pages: Cheryl J. Eschenfelder
DEGREES EARNED
Sam Houston State University
M.A. in Creative Writing
Dissertation: "Other Places, Other Lives: A Song Cycle"
Sam Houston State University
B.A. in English
Areas of Concentration: Creative Writing, Journalism, Editing
Minor: Philosophy
PUBLICATIONS AND PAPERS
Current Projects
“Walk on Faith: A History of Texas Immigrant Churches”
Previous Publications
“On the Western Front: A Collection of Poetry” Pine Warbler Online Press, Asheville: North Carolina, 2025
Walter Charles Foster and Cheryl J. Eschenfelder. “Three Poems from ‘Path of the Heroine’ Set to Music” Recital Publications, Fayetteville: Arkansas, 2024
“Of Gardens and Gods: A Collection of Poetry” Pine Warbler Online Press, Asheville: North Carolina, 2024
“Postcards From the Other Side: A Collection of Poetry” Pine Warbler Online Press, Asheville: North Carolina, 2023
“Path of the Heroine: A Collection of Poetry” Pine Warbler Online Press, Asheville: North Carolina, 2022
Daily stories and weekly columns published with The Huntsville Item, 1997-2002
“The Quilt” Texas Review, Huntsville: Texas Review Press, 1996
“The Dance” Texas Review, Huntsville: Texas Review Press, 1996
“Fires” Texas Review, Huntsville: Texas Review Press, 1996
Student Copy Editing
D. Coers, P. Ruffin and R. DeMott. After The Grapes of Wrath: Essays on John Steinbeck, Ohio University Press, 1995
D. Walker. A Frontier Texas Mercantile: The History of Gibbs Brothers and Company, Huntsville, 1841‐1940, Texas Review Press, 1997
B. Horvath, I. Malin and P. Ruffin. A Goyen Companion: Appreciations of A Writer’s Writer, University of Texas Press, 1997
Media
“Texas Tales” series on BBC Radio, London, 1999
WORK/PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCES
2012-Present, Co-Director Online Program, Department of Mass Communication, SHSU
2005-Present, Adjunct Professor, Sam Houston State University
2005-2013, Director of Marketing and Advertising, The Homestead on 19th Huntsville
2002-2005, Executive Director, The Boys & Girls Club of Walker County, Huntsville
1997-2002, Features Editor/Reporter, The Huntsville Item, Huntsville
1997-1999, Adjunct Professor, Sam Houston State University
HONORS and AWARDS
Multiple Texas Press Association Managing Editors Awards
PROFESSIONAL SERVICE
Current:
Member Society of Professional Journalists
Member The Poynter Institute
Former:
Vice-President/Acting President, J. Philip Gibbs, Jr. Centre for the Performing Arts, Board of Directors
Texas Press Association
Texas Daily Newspaper Association
Sigma Tau Delta Service Fraternity