Jay Lesandrini, M.A., M.F.A.

Phone:

812-375-7553

Email:

jlesandr@iu.edu

Department:

Office of Communications and Marketing

Jay Lesandrini came to Columbus as the Director of Communications and Marketing in the fall of 2018 with more than twenty years of professional management and leadership experience in the areas of design, product management and marketing. He has worked in a variety of industries including consumer electronics, publishing, consumer goods, and communications technology.

While at IU Columbus, he has served as an adjunct faculty member in both the English department and Division of Business, and as Interim Director of Enrollment Management.

Jay holds an M.A. in English Literature and an M.F.A. in Creative Writing. 

Publications:

Fiction

• "Going to Church" – Playing Authors, 2023
• “Odd Man Out” – Mythic Indy, 2015

Non-Fiction

• "Ron Santo Day, August 28, 1971" –Sport Literate, 2024
• “Rounding Off a Flyball” – Sport Literate, 2020
• “Your First Funeral” – Punchnel’s, 2014 
• “Car Ride with My Brother Kent” – Bluestem Magazine, 2013
• “Salvation” – Sport Literate, 2012
• “Elephant Bones” – Caesura, 2012
• “Interview with Nick Flynn” – Booth, 2011 
• “Waiting on Deck” – Sport Literate, 2010 
  (Named a Notable in the Best American Sports Writing 2011 Anthology)