Jack Crocker

Jack Crocker comes to WNMU from Florida where he held various faculty and administrative positions, including at the University of South Florida and Florida Gulf Coast University. At FGCU he was founding Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences, Dean of Graduate Studies and Extended Programs, Interim Provost, and Assistant to the President. With a Ph.D. in English from Texas Tech University, an M.A. in English from Florida State University, and a B.A. in English from Delta State University, his discipline areas are American Literature and Creative Writing.

A poet and songwriter, his latest volume of poems is The Last Resort. Having attended college on basketball and baseball scholarships he still fancies himself an athlete.