This document summarizes the skills, experience, and qualifications of Jodi Jinks. She has over 15 years of experience in higher education, developing and managing prison arts programs, teaching applied theatre practices, and working with marginalized populations. Her roles have included program manager, artistic director, lead teacher, and professor. She has extensive experience devising and directing original performances with incarcerated individuals and students.

1. SKILLS
 Program Development
 Advocacyof Transitional Groups
 Programmatic Training
 Challenge Assessment
 Professional Writing
 Work with MarginalizedPopulations
 Curriculum Development
 Communication/
Organization/Implementation
 Higher Education for 15 years
 AppliedTheatre Practices
 Devising Original Performance
 Research—pedagogy, theatre history
 EquityActor for 23 years withBroadway
credits
TECHNICAL SKILLS
 Microsoft Word
 Excel
 PowerPoint
 Prezi Presentation
 Power tools
 Sewing Machines
WORK EXPERIENCE
PROGRAM MANAGER/ARTISTIC DIRECTOR/LEAD TEACHER, ArtsAloud-OSU, Stillwater, OK 2013-Present
Devised Performance Exchange inOklahoma State Prisons:JohnLilleyCorrectional Center;JessDunnCorrectional Center;
Mabel Bassett Correctional Center
 Established and maintained relationships with OKDepartment of Corrections officials and chaplains to ensure success and expansionof
program
 Developedoverallprogram structure to include bothprison andOSU students for exchange
 Created classcurriculum towardgenerationof source material andthenperformance
 Collaborated withUniversitycommunicationdepartment to planphotoandvideo shoots andcreate marketing materials
 Acted as the programspokespersonbypresenting ArtsAloud structure, accomplishments for Ted-x Talk, donors, andstudents
 Regularlyreportedto endowment familyto ensure that program fulfilled original mission
 Managedprogram’s budget, endowment bankaccount and expenses,
 Trainedgraduate students in ArtsAloudprocess, philosophy, andprisonprotocol
 Coordinated all staff, students andschedules for classesandperformances
 Taught writing progress and edited student workwhile establishing a safe, a non-judgmental environment for sharing creative work of
participants
 Lead discussions aroundplaydevelopment, current events andassimilated all writing toward final script and performance
 Directed rehearsals ofscript with OSUTheatre students
 Created recognitionprogram andmaterials for prisonparticipants to enrichtheir parole dossiers
 Lead assessment debriefings to ensure regular program met goals andimplemented improvements
DEVISED INITIATIVEREGIONAL CO-ORDINATOR, Kennedy Center American CollegeTheatreFestival 2013-Present
 Worked closelywithchairs from RegionVI of KCACTF to hire Guest Artists andRespondents
 Helped organize yearlyfestival byscheduling workshops andperformances
 Wrote content for DevisedInitiative website includingcreating programregistration materials
 Lead communicationefforts inall facets of event process
 Served as respondent for regional theatre productions at universitiesandcolleges
 Providedconstructive feedback to actors and director of regional productions
 Completed assessment ofproduction, director, and actors
 Managedparticipants fromsevenstates to take part inDevisedInitiative at festival
 Directed on-site devisedpiece
 Held rehearsals for on-site production
 Organized OSU students to travel to and participate inKCACTF each February
CO-DIRECTOR, Grrl Action, RudeMechs TheatreCollective, Austin, TX 2010-2014
 Recruitedgirls, aged14-18 for year roundandsummer programs
 Coordinated withdesigners andmarketing department
 PartneredwithSettlement Home to include at-risk youth
 CollaboratedwithRude Mechs Co-ProducingArtistic Directors on scheduling, budget andrecruitment
 Wrote curriculum
 Taught workshops—autobiographical, devisedtheatre
 Editedwriting, devisedscene work, directed performances

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PROGRAM MANAGER & LEAD TEACHER, Strength Through Study, Travis County Correctional Center, Austin, TX 2011-2010
 Developedcurriculum for incarcerated womenat the TCCC
 Taught classes
 Co-ordinated with Chair of English at AustinCommunityCollege
PROGRAM MANAGER & ARTISTIC DIRECTOR, ArtsAloud,Austin, TX 2008-2007
Geo/Lockhart Prison
Safe Place Women’s Shelter
AustinRecoveryCenter
TEACHING
MARY LOU LEMON ENDOWED PROFESSORSHIP
FOR UNDER-REPRESENTED VOICES
OKLAHOMA STATEUNIVERSITY 2011-Present
Stillwater, OK74078
OKLAHOMA STATEUNIVERSITY 2012-2011
Visiting Assistant Professor
Stillwater, OK74078
AUSTIN COMMUNITY COLLEGE 2011-2004
Adjunct FacultyandDirector
1212 Rio Grande St
Austin, TX78701
TEXAS STATE UNIVERSITY 2007-2004
Adjunct Professor
San Marcos, TX 78666
TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY 2005-2001
Lecturer
1372 TAMU
College Station, TX 77843
AWARDS AND ACTIVITY HIGHLIGHTS
OSU College ofArts & Science CommunityEngagement Award, 2016
MaryLou Lemon EndowedProfessorshipfor Under-representedVoices:OSU, 2013
HighlightedPresenter: OSU ResearchWeek, 2016
Travel Grant: Summer, 2014
Dean’s Incentive Grant: Oklahoma State University, 2014
Dean’s Incentive Grant: Oklahoma State University, 2013
Travel Grant: Spring, 2012
Texas Humanities Grant: AustinCommunityCollege, 2011
ArtsAloud: Private Donor, 2007
Center of Humanities ResearchGrant, Texas A&M, 2002
PUBLISHING
ArtsAloud-OSU: DevisedPrison Theatre in OK, in Teatri Delle Diversita, publishedbyUniversita Urbino, UrbinoItaly, March2016
Tedx Talk:Live and ideo presentationentitled, Theatre BehindBars, www.JodiJinks.com 2015
Chapter: The Buckle onthe Bible Belt, PerformingNewLives:Reflections onPrison Theatre inthe UnitedStates,
editedbyJonathanShailor, 2009
EDUCATION
Volunteer Training, Oklahoma Department ofCorrections 2013
Volunteer Training, Safe Place, Austin, TX 2010
Volunteer Training, Texas Department of Justice 2009
Masters ofFine Arts-Acting, Universityof Virginia 1989
Bachelor of Arts, Theatre, Universityof Missouri 1985
REFERENCES
Dr. SheliaKennison
Founder & Co-Director of the Oklahoma Networkfor Teaching ofPsychology
Director, Undergraduate Minor inCognitive Science
116 North MurrayHall. Department of Psychology
Oklahoma State University. Stillwater, Oklahoma 74078
shelia.kennison@okstate.edu
Dr. Larry Mullins
Associate Deanof Research
College of Arts & Science
Professor of Psychology
116 N. MurrayHall
Oklahoma State University
Stillwater, OK74078
Larry.mullins@okstate.edu
Kevin Doolen
Professor andChair—Department of Theatre
2080 - Doudna Fine Arts Center
Eastern Illinois State University
600 Lincoln Avenue
Charleston, IL 61920-3099
jkdoolen@eiu.edu
WoodyGlass, Attorney
Ward andGlass, L.L.P.
1601 36th Ave NW
Norman, OK73072
woody@wardglasslaw.com

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