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EDUCATION
Ph. D. English Studies, Illinois State University, Expected 2007
Specialization: Rhetoric and Composition
Secondary Areas: Computers and Composition, Digital Rhetoric, New Media, Cultural Studies
M.A. English, University of South Alabama, 2003
Thesis: “Mosiac: The Shaping of a Poet Woman Daughter”
Advisor: Dr. Dr. Sue Walker, Chair
B.A. University of South Alabama, 2001
Majors: English with a concentration in Creative Writing Minor: Communications
TEACHING APPOINTMENTS
Present Instructor – Illinois State University
English 246: Advanced Composition
English 101: Language and Composition I
English 145: Language and Composition II
Adjunct Faculty: Heartland Community College
•English 102: Composition II
Fall 2002-Summer 2003 Instructor – University of South Alabama
• English 237: Literature and Gender
• English 395: Poetry Writing I (Co-taught with Dr. Sue B. Walker)
• English 101: English Composition I
• English 102: English Composition II
Spring 2001
• Tutor in the University Writing Center
CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS
"What's Blog Got to Do With It?: Student Identity in the Writing Classroom," Computers and Writing, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX
May 2006.
“Digital Villages: Responsibility & Authorship in the Blogosphere” English Graduate Organization, Western Illinios University, Macomb, IL, April 2005
“See Dick and Jane Chat:Multiple Literacies and the Digital Classroom.” M-MLA, St. Louis, MO, November 2004
President Graduate Student Forum, SA-MLA, Roanoke, VA, November 2004
“Through Over-Corrective Lenses: Reflections on Evaluation.” M-MLA, Chicago, IL, November 2003.
Chair of Graduate Student Forum, SA-MLA, Atlanta, GA, November 2003.
“Through A Glass Darkly: Biographical Reflections and Revisions in John Polidori’s The Vampyre.” American Conference on Romanticism, October 2002.
“(Re)Visioning (M)Other Ireland: Evan Boland’s Feminine Poetics.” The Central New York Conference on Language and Literature. Courtland, NY, October 2002.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Writing Program Assistant, Illinois State University Spring 2006-Spring 2007.
Co-Chair Ewing Symposium 2006 “Voices on the Verge: Innovative Pedagogy in Action,” Ewing Cultural Center, Normal Illinois May 31, 2006
Workshop Leader, “Technology in the Writing Classroom,” New Student Orientation, Illinois State University, January 2006
SCHOLARSHIPS
• The Shelley Memorial Scholarship in Poetry. University of South Alabama, 2001-2002.
• Angelia and Steven Stokes Scholarship. University of South Alabama, 2002-2003.
ACTIVITIES AND MEMBERSHIPS
• Alternate, Professional Growth Committee, Illinois State University (2004-2005)
• Graduate Forum Planning Committee, Illinois State University, Directed by Dr. Ronald Strickland (2003-2004)
• President of Graduate Student Forum, SA-MLA (2003-2004)
• Secretary of Graduate Student Forum, SA-MLA (2002-2003)
• President of the English Graduate Organization (2002-2003)
• MLA
• M-MLA
• SA-MLA
• NCTE
• CCC
RELEVANT GRADUATE COURSEWORK
English 402 Introduction to Composing Processes (Janice Neuileib Fall, 2003)
English 467 Technology and English Studies (Lee Brasseur Fall, 2004)
English 351 Hypertext (Jim Kalmbach Fall, 2004)
English 350 Visible Rhetoric (Jim Kalmbach Fall, 2004)
English 495 Special Topics: Authorship Theories in Composition Studies (Amy Robillard Spring, 2005)
English 392 Modern Theories of Rhetoric (Lynn Worsham Spring, 2005)
English 510 Professional Seminar in the Teaching of English (Janice Neuileib Summer, 2005)
English 590 Seminar in Composition (Janice Neulieb Fall, 2005)
English 495 Special Topics: Social Class in Composition Studies (Amy Robillard Fall, 2005)
English 497 Research Methods in Composition Studies (Bob Broad Fall, 2005)
English 384 Introduction to Cultural Theory (Chris Breu Spring, 2006)
English xxx Teaching Internship Advised by Lee Brasseur Spring, 2006
REFERENCES
Available upon request