Jared Oakes is an English adjunct instructor teaching courses in freshman composition and sophomore literature. He began teaching at Cumberland University in 2019. A Tennessee native, he did most of his growing up in Knoxville before earning his Bachelor of Arts from Welch College and his Master of Arts from the University of Dallas. Besides Cumberland, he has also taught classes for Welch College, Trevecca Nazarene University, and Nashville State Community College.