Jake Schepers

Jake Schepers (PhD/MFA University of Notre Dame) provides outreach and communications efforts for the Franco Institute. He manages day-to-day messaging and publications, strategizes ongoing public engagement, and serves as point person for the Dorothy Day and Thomas Merton Culture and the Public Good annual symposium.

Professional Activities

• Selected publications:
  • Ugly Ground Swell Moss (Carbonation Press, 2026)
  • A Bundle of Careful Compromises (Outriders Poetry Project, 2014)
  • "Rhetoric, Lyric, and the Rewritten Histories of Susan Howe and Geraldine Monk," Contemporary Women's Writing Volume 12, Issue 1, March 2018, Pages 31-48,
    https://doi.org/10.1093/cww/vpx034 
• Invited Lecture, "Lightning Rod Poetry and Tuning Fork Poetics," Festival of Faith and Writing, Calvin University, April 16-18, 2026
• Director, co-founder, and co-editor: ballast, a 501(c)(3) non-profit online literary journal (2022-present)
• Organizational memberships:
  • Council for Advancement and Support of Education (CASE) (2026-present)
  • Consortium for Humanities Centers and Institutes (CHCI) (2025-present)
  • Leadership South Bend-Mishawaka, Class 52 (2025-2026)
  • Christian Poetics Initiative (CPI), Rivendell Center for Theology and the Arts, Yale University (2024-present)
• Certification and micro-credentials:
  • National Humanities Alliance (NHA), "Documenting the Impact of the Humanities in Higher Education II: Advanced" (2025)