Jesi Halprin

After receiving her MFA from Stony Brook Southampton in 2020, Jesi Halprin began teaching as an adjunct professor in the Johnson and Wales English Department. She became a full-time faculty member in 2023.

Jesi views the classroom as a place not solely dedicated to acquiring technical knowledge and skills but where students should have the space to critically explore their interests, feelings and beliefs with their whole selves as part of self-actualization. This view reflects how she approaches her work, recognizing that her creative, scholarly and pedagogical interests are complex and inseparable life-long endeavors.

Education

• M.F.A. Stony Brook University Southampton
• B.A. Monmouth University

Teaching Interests

The foundation of her classroom philosophy is community through self-actualization. She believes giving students a say in their education empowers them to continue critical and creative exploration and thought outside the classroom and beyond their college careers. Her students actively participate in the development of each class as it unfolds.

Scholarly Interests

Critical Pedagogy, Social Criticism, Community-based Learning, Narrativization

Courses

• ENG1020 - Rhetoric & Composition I
• ENG1021 - Rhetoric & Composition II
• ENG1030 - Communication Skills
• ENG2135 - Honors Seminar: Voice to Power - Public Speaking and Civic Responsibility
• FYS1020 - First-Year Seminar
• ENG1027 - Honors Advanced Composition and Communication: Civic Discourse