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John Wesley Fiero

111 Redwood Drive
Lafayette, LA 70503
337.504.4672
john@jwfiero.com

Professor of English, 1978-1998, retired
(English Department, University of Louisiana at Lafayette)

Interim Director of Creative Writing, 1992-1995
Director of the Deep South Writers Conference, 1988-1995

Member of University of Southwestern Louisiana  (now UL at Lafayette) Faculty  1969-1998

B. A., University of Miami, 1960
M. A., University of California, 1961

Ph. D., Florida State University, 1968

Dissertation: "The Bright Transparent Glass: A Critical Study of the Poetry of Sir Thomas Wyatt"

Honors, Awards, and Offices
Emeritus Professor of English, ULL, 2000

Outstanding Volunteer of the Year, Acadiana Arts Council, 1987.

Associate, Atlantic Center for the Arts, 1987.

New York Drama League Award, 1983.

Distinguished Professor, USL, 1979.

Graduate School Fellowship, Florida State University, 1965.

Woodrow Wilson Fellowship, 1961.

Phi Kappa Phi, University of Miami, 1960.

Humanities Key, Miami, 1960.

Teaching Experience
1998-2005 Professor Emeritus, University of Louisiana at Lafayette
.........(taught technical writing as an adjunct professor)
1978-1998 Professor, University of Southwestern Louisiana
1969-78, Associate Professor, University of Southwestern Louisiana

1966-69 Assistant Professor, Lycoming College

1965-66 Lecturer, University of Maryland (European Division)

1961-63 Instructor, Miami-Dade Community College

Usual Teaching Assignments

  • Shakespeare
  • Elizabethan and Jacobean Drama
  • Playwriting
  • History of Drama
  • Modern Drama
  • Modern American Drama
  • Technical Writing
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