Curriculum Vita

Curriculum Vitae

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 

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

“Of Gardens and Gods: A Collection of Poetry”

“Walk on Faith: A History of Texas Immigrant Churches”

Publications

“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

“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
Daily stories and weekly columns published with The Huntsville Item, 1997-2002 

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

2005-Present, Adjunct Professor, Sam Houston State University

2012-Present, Co-Director Online Program, Department of Mass Communication, SHSU

1997-2002, Features Editor/Reporter, The Huntsville Item, Huntsville

1997-1999, Adjunct Professor, Sam Houston State University

2002-2005, Executive Director, The Boys & Girls Club of Walker County, Huntsville

2005-2013, Director of Marketing and Advertising, The Homestead on 19th Huntsville                              

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