Kristina Jipson

Previous Quarter Courses

• Intro to Linguistic Thought (LING200)
• English Composition I (ENGL&101)
• English Composition I (ENGL&101)
• English Composition I (ENGL&101)

Current Quarter Courses

• Composition II (ENGL&102)
• Composition II (ENGL&102)
• English Composition I (ENGL&101)
• Fiction III (ENGL208)
• Fiction II (ENGL168)
• Fiction I (ENGL108)

Credentials

B.A., University of Colorado
M.A., Columbia University
PhD., University of Notre Dame

Professional Research and Interests

I’ve been teaching since I was a teenager. I’ve taught horseback riding to kids and adults, yoga to Boulderites, Spanish to elementary school kids, infant care to new mothers, life skills to adults in transition, and English/writing to students at Columbia University, Yeshiva, the New York Institute of Technology, Baruch College, the Cooper Union, Notre Dame, Edmonds Community College, Hugo House, and EvCC. 

I have a B.A. in English from the University of Colorado, an MFA in Writing from Columbia University, and a PhD in American Literature from Notre Dame.

I love the science and the art of teaching, and I’ve served in faculty development positions at most of the schools I’ve taught at. Before coming to EvCC, I served as Co-coordinator of Faculty Development at Edmonds, where I learned about the amazing 5-Star Team and EvCC’s role as a leader school in cutting-edge pedagogy.

Here at EvCC, I am the Vice President of Negotiations for our AFT Faculty Union. I teach composition, creative writing, literature, and linguistics classes.

I am a passionate creative writer. My first book of poetry, Halve, was selected by Dan Beachy-Quick for the Tupelo Press Berkshire Prize, and my poetry and fiction have appeared in AGNI, American Letters & Commentary, Chicago Review, Colorado Review, CRAFT, Tin House, and elsewhere. My first novel, IDK, is forthcoming from University of New Orleans Press in the spring of 2027.

When I'm not working, I enjoy spending time with my amazing kids (ages 16, 12, and 1), trying hard to ignore that 2/3 of them are taller than me.