Meet Morgan Jackson

Morgan Jackson is a senior at Oklahoma Baptist University, where she studies secondary English education. She serves as the Student Representative for the Southwestern Region of Sigma Tau Delta. She is a writer and editor for OBU’s weekly newspaper, regularly writing about arts and culture. She loves Broadway musicals, chai lattes, posting on her bookstagram, and fighting her newspaper advisor about the Oxford Comma.

1. My favorite movie is Hairspray (2007).
   
2. I never leave the house without quarters. I’m really into claw machines.
3. If I had to eat one food for the rest of my life, it would be chicken-based.
4. Growing up, I was sure I would be a baker, according to my kindergarten worksheets.
5. I know every word to the song “I Wanna Dance With Somebody” by Whitney Houston.
6. The best gift I’ve ever received was a black pair of Tevas that I wore for three lovely years.
7. My nickname in high school was MJ (sometimes).
8. If you find me in the kitchen, I’m typically whipping up something involving cheese.
9. I’m both a reader and a writer.
10. The best paper title I ever created was apparently not that memorable.

    

11. The literary place I’d most like to visit is The Library of Congress.
12. My dream job is anything that involves editing or publishing.
13. An author I truly admire is Diane Glancy.
14. My go-to children’s book is any Junie B. Jones book by Barbara Park.
15. The destination at the top of my travel bucket list is London, England.
16. My favorite part of being an English Major is the caring academic environment of my university.
17. The last book I read was Such a Fun Age by Kiley Reid.
18. My favorite book is anything by Toni Morrison.
19. My favorite place to buy books is Magic City Books in Tulsa, OK.
20. In 10 years, I’m betting that the big trend in literature will be Formal Poetry! It probably won’t be, but I’m ready if it is.
21. My first job was at a dry cleaners.
22. The last book I bought was Conflict Resolution for Holy Beings: Poems by US Poet Laureate Joy Harjo, but I have not yet read it.
23. The celebrity I’d most like to spend a day with is Stevie Nicks.
24. If I could move anywhere in the world, I’d live in New York, NY.
25. I’m a Muggle.