Jessa R. Sexton, M.Ed.
* Pro-Vice Chancellor and VIce President, The Hilliard Institute
* Visiting Fellow, Harris Manchester College, University of Oxford
* Executive Editor and Writer, Hilliard Press
jessasexton@gmail.com
At Harding University, Jessa R. Sexton received a bachelor of arts in English with teacher licensure and a Masters of Education with an emphasis in English. During her time at Harding, she performed with the Pied Pipers, an improvisational children’s theatre troupe that toured schools and churches throughout sections of America and made a trip to England. This group made teaching an entertaining and relatable endeavor, a goal Sexton sets for herself in the classroom.
Her teaching experiences include student teaching seventh grade language arts and a permanent substitute position for six months in ninth grade English. As a graduate assistant in Harding’s Writing Lab, Sexton tutored students from a variety of language and ethnic backgrounds; she defines this as some of the best training she received in refining her ability to teach writing skills. She has also worked closely with Upward Bound, a government-funded educational resource for high school students who qualify by being low-income or possible first generation college students, through teaching courses on composition, literature, ACT preparation, and supplemental English during the school year and the UB Summer Academy program.
At O’More College of Design, Sexton was a professor of Literature, Composition I and II, Art of the Written Word, Fundamentals of Speech, Research and Documentation, and Educational Wellness. She served as Executive Editor of O’More Publishing and Associate Director of the Hilliard Institute. She also oversaw the College’s Research Academy and Townsend Institute, a global competency and cultural travel education program, and assisted with O’More’s monthly Social Alliance activities and fundraising events. Sexton studied at Harris Manchester College, University of Oxford as a Research Assistant to Dr. Mark Hilliard in June 2007. In 2010, she became a member of the President’s Society of Fellows and Scholars.
Professor Sexton’s publications include Saturday, a children’s book on the importance of family togetherness; Educational Wellness, a book on the wholistic approach to the art and science of teaching and learning (co-authored); Proverbs through the Generations, a devotional on the applications of the Proverbs to family life (co-authored); Hear and be Heard, a communications text; Rose-Pie, a children’s book about the relationship between a father and daughter; Eldy and Ohi, a children’s book about two children who learn that being different isn’t such a bad thing when you have someone who likes you as you are; and With Your Fresh Thoughts, a book of poetry for all ages that teaches how to write twelve popular poem forms.
Sexton conducted workshops and in-services on sensory teaching and learning to graduate-level students at Harding University, college educators at UT Selmer, MTSU, and the Tennessee P-16 Council.
Today Professor Sexton serves as the Pro-Vice Chancellor and Vice President of The Hilliard Institute and oversees Hilliard Press, specializing in the art of the written and illustrated word.
Some of Jessa’s Publications
Jessa Rose Sexton’s latest release: Light.
