Jim Coppoc is an award-winning poet and teacher, a Lecturer in ISU's Department of English, and the Special Projects Coordinator for The Center for Excellence in Arts and Humanities. In addition to his many creative and scholarly efforts, Coppoc has spent most of his life exploring the various media of performance art, having worked as musician, actor, stand-up comic, network radio D.J., and performance poet. Marc Smith, founder of Slam poetry, has called Coppoc "one of the new breed giving poetry new breath."

Coppoc is the author of two chapbooks and a book of poetry, editor of the forthcoming Tens: an Anthology of SlamFusion Poetry in the Midwest, and runner-up for the 2004 Frieda Stein Fenster Award for Millenial Poetry. His creative work has appeared in dozens of literary journals, including Del Sol Review, Tryst, Barbaric Yawp, and San Gabriel Valley Poetry Quarterly, and his scholarly work on performative ethos, the history of performance poetry, and performance as pedagogy is published and presented all over the world, including excerpts in Poetry 21 companion to The Wadsworth Anthology of Poetry.

Office/Office Hours

• office: 341 Carver
• office hours: 11-1 MWF & by appointment
• office phone: (515) 294-5317
• cell phone: (515) 708-4343
• email: coppoc@iastate.edu
• home page: www.jimcoppoc.com

Interests

• creative writing
• performative ethos
• history of performance poetry
• pedagogy

Selected Publications

• Blood, Sex, & Prayer. Chicago: Fractal Edge Press, 2005.

Affiliations

• Poetry Slam, Inc.
• The Academy of American Poets
• ChicagoPoetry.com
• The Association of Writers and Writing Programs

Degrees

• M.A. in English with a dual specialization in Literature and Creative Writing, Iowa State University.
• B.A. in English and Psychology, Buena Vista University.