Contact Information

Office: 4163 JFSB

Phone: 422-3747

Email: jackie_thursby@byu.edu

Commonly Taught Courses English 356: Myth, Legend Folktale
English 391: Introduction to Folklore
English 377: Procedures for Secondary English
English 495: Women's Folklore, Women's Culture
English 495: Folklore in Literatue
Graduate classes in folklore in alternating years

Semester Schedule: Winter 2013:

ENGL 356
TTh 1:35-2:50
1012 JKB

ENGL 377
TTh 8:00-9:00
B101 JFSB

ENGL 379
TTh 9:30-10:45
4186 JKB

ENGL 476
M 4:30-6:30
B150 JFSB

WS
TTh 4:00-5:15
B106 JFSB


Other University Assignments:
Secondary English Teaching Committee
BYU Phi Kappa Phi Planning Committee
Women’s Studies Executive Committee

Student Consultations:
TTh 3:00-4:00 or by appointment

Biography:

Since joining the BYU English faculty in 1996, Jacqueline Thursby has specialized in creating pedagogy which combines folklore, mythology, and young adult literature. She teaches classes in secondary English methods, world literature, folklore, women's folklore and culture, and myth/legend/folktale. She has published several articles about the construction of student discussion and writing in secondary language arts classrooms. She has also published articles in folklore, ethnography, and American Studies and served on various editorial boards. A folklorist, she has written six books since joining BYU in 1996:

Degrees: PhD, Bowling Green, 1994

Interests:

Folklore, World and American Literature, English Education