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Dr. Hali Sofala-Jones
Assistant Professor
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| Office Hours: | Fall 2025 Office Hours On Campus - Tuesdays and Thursdays, 8:30am - 9:15am Online - Mondays and Wednesdays, 11am - 1pm (via TEAMS) And by appointment |
| Biography: | Hali Sofala-Jones is a Samoan American writer and teacher originally from Eatonton, GA. She holds degrees from the University of Nebraska, Lincoln and the University of Wisconsin, Madison. Her 2019 debut poetry collection, Afakasi | Half-Caste, was published by Sundress Publications and was heralded by the Chicago Review of Books as one of the 10 Great Poetry Collections You May Have Missed in 2019. Her work has been published in The Missouri Review, Blue Mesa Review, CALYX, Fugue and elsewhere. Her poem Fractured was featured in the Poem of the Day series by the Academy of American Poets on September 6, 2019. Sofala-Jones serves as an Assistant Professor in the Department of English at 51勛圖窪蹋厙 in Macon, GA. When not teaching or writing, she enjoys traveling and hanging out with family. Her guilty pleasures are popcorn and romance novels. |
| Courses: | Fall 2025 Courses ENGL 1101: Introduction to Composition ENGL 0999: Learning Support ENGL 2111: World Literature I |
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| Education: | PhD, English, University of Nebraska, Lincoln MFA, Poetry, University of Wisconsin, Madison BA, English, Georgia College and State University |
| CV: | Education Ph.D. in English, University of Nebraska, 2016 M.F.A. in Creative Writing, University of WisconsinMadison, 2009 B.A. in English, Georgia College and State University, 2007 Institutional Directory Information Office: SOAL 243 Email: hali.sofalajones@mga.edu Statement of Teaching and Research Interests I teach a range of courses in literature and writing. My primary areas of expertise include 20th-century literature and creative writing. My teaching and research reflect a broad engagement with these fields, and I contribute to a variety of curricular offerings within the department. Recent Publications or Scholarly Output Afakasi | Half-Caste. Knoxville: Sundress Publications, 2019. Print. Additional Institutional Roles Faculty Advisor, Fall Line Review English Department Representative, Teaching Resources & Budgetary Allocation Committee Committee Member, POISE Initiative |
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