Jennifer Davis, M.F.A.

Jenny Davis is a writer with a background in journalism and the literary arts. Before joining Gonzaga, she taught and worked as an academic advisor at Washington State University, reported for Whitman Magazine, spent time as a ghost writer, and helped build one of the first creative writing-in-English programs in Guangzhou, China.

Jenny's work has appeared in a number of literary magazines; she has also served as the managing editor at Guernica, a journal of politics and art. She received her MFA from the University of Iowa and spent two years working at the Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard University. She was a recent Artist-in-Residence with the Spokane Public Libraries.

A lecturer in Integrated Media since 2022, Jenny teaches journalism courses like Literary Journalism and Emerging Media, where students explore telling true stories in novel ways. Outside of the classroom, Jenny runs community writing workshops around Spokane and leads a monthly book club at the Northwest Museum of Arts and Culture.