Faculty Profile: Jefferson Beavers

        Fresno State alumni, graduate student, and part-time lecturer Jefferson Beavers is determined to make an impact and provide valuable knowledge to his students. It’s his way of giving back to the university where he started.
        “While I attended Fresno State, I always told myself that I wanted to help out one day,” Beavers said. “I wanted to be a part of the program that taught me well and has gotten me where I am today. This also gives me the chance to reconnect with the faculty.”
        The Dinuba native graduated in 1996 with his bachelor’s degree in journalism with an emphasis in news-editorial and earned the Outstanding MCJ Graduate Award. After graduating, Beavers went on to work at four newspapers. He started working as a reporter at the Gustine Press-Standard and then as a copy editor at the Fairfield Daily Republic. He went on to work at the Modesto Bee and then the Fresno Bee.
        He has taught desktop publishing for the MCJ Department and English 1, Intro to College Writing for the English Department. He is currently teaching MCJ 102W, the introduction to reporting class.
        Along with teaching, Beavers is a student in the Master of Fine Arts Program, where his concentration is in creative non-fiction.
        Jefferson also runs his own freelance publishing company, Busy Beavers’ Publishing Company, and, as if he wasn’t busy enough, he also writes an independent film blog for Fresno Famous and a MP3 blog on Blogspot.
        Throughout his career in print journalism, Beavers has made many friends, some of whom he uses to help benefit his students who are quickly approaching their first jobs.
        Beavers enjoys being able to help his students by equipping them with not only important knowledge, but also media contacts that can potentially help their careers.