I listen to music when reading and writing, so I make music for people like me—for those who like to tune in and out, depending on the beat. I hope you like it. Huge thanks to Vinyl Moon and their support of “Violet” and to OIM Records for including “Lost-Found” in the Shared Secrets : Waves compilation. Below you can see a music video for a release scheduled for September 29th that you will be able to find on all streaming services. I hope you check it out.
Shared Secrets: Waves reviews - Music Existence, Muzique Magazine, Vents Magazine, Gashouse Radio, Colin Jordan, JWVibe
Curriculum Vitae
Education
University of Missouri-St. Louis
MFA Creative Writing 2010
Ball State University
BA English Studies - Linguistics 2008
Teaching Experience
Ivy Tech Community College - Bloomington
Associate Professor of English 2013 -
Center for Online Writing Support Director 2018-
Ivy Tech Community College - Bloomington, Central Indiana
Adjunct Instructor of English 2011 - 2013
Smarthinking, Inc.
E-Structor (Online Writing Tutor) 2011 - 2013
Teaching Assistant Program in France - Nancy
Teaching Assistant 2010 - 2011
Florissant Valley Community College - North St. Louis
Adjunct Instructor of English 2009 - 2010
Institute of Reading Development
Seasonal Reading Teaching 2009, 2010, 2012
University of Missouri - St. Louis
Writing Lab Assistant 2008 - 2010
Workshops
Quality Matters (APPQMR)
Awards and Nominations
Bat City Review Editors’ Prize
Winner (publish date Spring 2021)
Hudson Prize (Black Lawrence Press)
Finalist 2019
92Y Discovery/ Boston Review Poetry Contest
Semi-Finalist 2018
New American Poetry Prize
Semi-Finalist 2018
Edna St. Vincent Millay Poetry Prize
Finalist The Tishman Review 2018
Pushcart Prize
Nominee "Summer Almanac" in Natural Bridge 2013
Indiana Review Poetry Prize
Semi-Finalist 2011
James Russell Grant Poetry Prize
Winner University of Missouri-St. Louis Judge Anonymous 2010
Laurence Goldstein Prize
Winner Michigan Quarterly Review Judge Paul Muldoon 2009
Conference Presentations
Betz, J (2018, March). Portage: crossing the divide between childhood and adulthood. Presented at the National Popular Culture Association Conference. Indianapolis, IN.
Betz, J. (2017, August). Avoiding Burnout. Presented at the Discipline Dialogue Day at Ivy Tech Community College. (Roundtable Session). Indianapolis, IN.
Betz, J. (2016, October). Before Burnout: Finding Fuel In and Out of The Classroom. Presented at the Two Year College English Association Midwest (TYCA) (Roundtable Session). St. Louis, MO.
Betz, J. (2014, October). Style shift: academic writing and the pedagogy of texting. Paper presented at the Midwest Popular and American Culture Association (PCA/ACA) (Roundtable Session). Indianapolis, IN.
Betz, J. (2014, September). Program design: apal. Paper presented at the 33rd annual Research-to-Practice Conference (R2P) in Adult and Higher Education. Muncie IN.
Betz, J. (2014, September). Postmodern principles in practice. Paper presented at the 33rd annual Research-to-Practice Conference (R2P) in Adult and Higher Education. Muncie, IN.
Poetry Publications
TINGE Magazine
The Tishman Review
Like Planting Spinach
Line And Pole
The Paris-American
The Portland Review
Vernon
Winter Poem With a Family
The Gesture Meaning Now
The Columbia Review
Holiday Poem
The Broken Plate
Problems With Hands, Lips, and Snaps
Posey County
Swamp Ape Review
Listening to Sam Cooke on the Day After My Wedding Day
Route 7 Review
Roofs
Parks and Points Poetry
Clear Creek Trail
Prairie Gold: An Anthology of the American Heartland
Orchard
Natural Bridge
Summer Almanac
Strength In Certain Places
Ninth Letter
Mantis
Michigan Quarterly Review
Remembering the Prostitute in New York
(Republished on Poetry Daily 8/21/09)
Iron Horse Literary Magazine
Sweet Corn
Farmer Suicide Wherein The Weather Prominently Features
Hobart
Hayden's Ferry Review
Certain Punishments
Gulf Stream Literary Magazine
Emerson Review
Pitz, Patz, Putz
Idaho Grassbugs
Crab Orchard Review
A Dream Of Fish
blue skies poetry (Canada)
Beard Fields
Blue Earth Review
After Looking Up on a Fall Day, She Looks at You
In the Sloth You See Yourself and Hope Long
Walking by the Airport, I Think of When You Left
Berkeley Poetry Review
Tap My Defibrillator With Your Good Palm is a Type of Unspoken Love
Bellerive
Wall Street
Beecher's Magazine
After My Father's Suicide
Bat City Review
Soot
Architrave Press
Birthday for Robert, October 28th
Anti-
On Seeing The Monuments and Names
Review Publications
Open Letters Monthly. "Puerto Rico," by Alejandro Ventura. March 1, 2013. Online.
Open Letters Monthly. "Goat In The Snow," by Emily Pettit. October 1, 2012. Online. Highlighted on the Poetry Foundation's Harriet Blog blog October 3, 2012
The Colorado Review. "Anamnesis," by Lucy Ives. October 7, 2010. Online.
Volunteerism
The Bloomington Community Orchard
Board Member
The Community Kitchen
Volunteer
Butler Park Community Garden
Garden Leader
Poetry Out Loud
Judge Bloomington HS South
Active Memberships
Association of Writers and Writing Programs (AWP)
Midwest Popular and American Culture Association (PCA/ACA)
